Thousands of military personnel, veterans and members of the public gathered under blue skies Sunday in London as King Charles III led Britain’s annual ceremony of remembrance for the country’s war dead.

As Parliament’s Big Ben bell tolled 11 a.m., the crowd fell still for two minutes of silence, broken by a single artillery blast and Royal Marines buglers sounding “The Last Post.”

A similar event took place in Scotland, where hundreds of military personnel, veterans and members of the public gathered in Edinburgh.