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Last Brit WWI vet releases autobiography 

Published: 12:17AM Thursday November 12, 2009

Source: Reuters

Countries around the world observe the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, marking the time in the United Kingdom the Germans signed the Armistice which ended World War I in 1918

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe during Armistice Day World War One ceremonies in Paris (Source: Reuters)

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A boy takes a poppy from a fountain in Trafalgar Square during the Armistice Day of remembrance in central London (Source: Reuters)

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A World War II veteran places flowers at the cenotaph during the Remembrance Day in central Sydney (Source: Reuters)

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German soldiers attend the Armistice Day World War One commemoration at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (Source: Reuters)

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives with Prince Philip for an Armistice Day commemoration service to mark the passing of the World War One generation at Westminster Abbey in London (Source: Reuters)

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Memorial plaques are seen at the British cemetery after a Remembrance Day ceremony in Kabul (Source: Reuters)

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Former British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher (L) and John Major attend an Armistice Day commemoration service to mark the passing of the World War One generation at Westminster Abbey in London (Source: Reuters)

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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown marks the passing of the World War One generation at Westminster Abbey in London (Source: Reuters)

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Britain's Prince Charles attends Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial in Ottawa (Source: Reuters)

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US President Barack Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery, containing the graves of soldiers from the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts, during his visit on Veterans Day (Source: Reuters)

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