As silence descended over Britain on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day, words became redundant for these two brothers in arms.

One comrade extends the hand of comfort to another during the Armistice Day commemoration at York's Station Rise memorial.

One comrade extended the hand of comfort to another during the Armistice Day commemoration at York's Station Rise memorial.

Medals gleaming in the sun and standards raised high, veterans marched to the memorial in York's Station Rise to join staff from the Railtrack offices to remember fallen comrades.

Traffic came to a halt in a spontaneous gesture as passing drivers realised the significance of what was happening.

Royal British Legion members attended from branches including York and Fulford.

At the city's railway station passengers joined GNER staff and British Transport Police in marking the two-minute silence; even those using the station footbridge halted in respect for the 11th hour.

At York Minster a silence marked the start of the consecration service of the Ven Richard Frith as the new Bishop of Hull. It was observed too at York Magistrates' Court and York District Hospital and by businesses around the city.

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