A 13-year-old cadet laid the final poppy to the enormous artwork at The Tower of London this morning, completing its goal of placing a poppy for each of the 888,246 British and Commonwealth casualties of the First World War.
'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' has grown over months of commemorations in the centenary year of the war beginning. As poppies were gradually planted, the sea of red grew to fill the ancient building's dry moat.
It fell to 13-year-old Harry Hayes to place the last one in front of a large crowd.
Around four million people have been to see the display - more than four visitors for each poppy.
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Open Image ModalArtist Paul Cummins hands the final poppy to be planted to Cadet Harry Hayes, 13. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalThe cadet places the last ceramic poppy in the moat of Tower of London to mark Armistice Day. (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAfter placing it, he salutes. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalA Yeomen Warder awaits the placing of the last ceramic poppy in the moat of Tower of London. (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalCrowds gather in front of City Hall as they await the placing of the last ceramic poppy. (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalLord Richard Dannatt reads the names of the fallen before the placing of the last ceramic poppy. (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe smoke from a gun salute behind crowds gathered at the display (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA rainbow over the display (credit:Johnny Armstead/Alamy Live News)
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Open Image ModalThe near completed ceramic poppy art installation by artist Paul Cummins entitled "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" is lit up before sunrise this morning. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA visitor takes a picture of the near completed ceramic poppy art installation on Monday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalBalloons and Confetti are released into the air in Liverpool City Centre following the two minutes silence. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalCrowds gathered as Nottingham falls silent. (credit:Lewis Stickley/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalEngland football manager Roy Hodgson (L) and captain Wayne Rooney (R) observe a two minute's silence ahead of a squad training session at St George's Park near Burton-on-Trent. (credit:PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images)
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Open Image Modal Veterans and members of the public pay tribute to those who died during the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts at the garden of remembrance in Edinburgh. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA young child views the Garden of Remembrance at the Scott Monument in Edinburgh during the two minutes silence at 11am to mark Armistice Day. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalStaff and passengers during the two minute silence in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalPolice officers join staff and passengers during the two minute silence. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalBrokers, underwriters and dignitaries hold a two-minute silence during a Remembrance Day service at the Lloyd's of London building. (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA soldier walks among poppies afterwards. (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Open Image Modal(from left to right) Alexander Boys-Smith, Noah Knotto-Stubbs and Thomas Dunn, all seven who took part in the Armistice Day remembrance service organised by the Western Front Association at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, central London. (credit:Sophie Jamieson/PA Wire)
Large swathes of the country fell silent for two minutes at 11am, marking the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when the First World War ended.
After the service, thousands of volunteers were due to begin removing and cleaning each poppy so it can be sent on to a buyer who has paid £25 for it. These sales have raised £10 million for military charities.
Although Remembrance Sunday is traditionally the larger ceremony, the two-minute silence on November 11 has been marked every year since the war. In recent years, it has become more widespread after a successful campaign by the British Legion and a resurgence of support for commemoration events, as Britons have died in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Richard Hughes, of the Western Front Association - which organises the Annual Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, said this year's commemorations were not just about the end of the First World War.
He said: "We have got the modern version here with us stepping back from Afghanistan. That itself has tremendous resonance.
"That itself has tremendous resonance. The notion of remembrance has become important again. It has stopped being obscure old history.
"To be part of that continuing tradition of remembrance gives soldiers a great comfort and it gives their families great comfort."
Both Armistice Day, #lestweforget and #2MinuteSilence were trending on Twitter, as people pay their respects, with one person noting "the guns kept firing" right up, literally, until the last minute of the war.
People in London gathered earlier in the morning. Trafalgar Square hosted a series of events, including readings and performances, before its Silence In The Square at 11am. There were services at Westminster Abbey and the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
Several time zones ahead of us, British forces in Kandahar marked Armistice Day - the last time they will do so in Afghanistan.
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Open Image ModalBritish soldiers gather for a ceremony to mark Armistice Day at Kandahar airfield on November 11, 2014 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Like Remembrance Sunday just gone, Armistice Day - which is the anniversary of the end of The First World War - has been marked by the remaining British troops for the last time in southern Afghanistan. Now that British combat operations have ended and the last UK base in Afghanistan has been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, any remaining troops are leaving the country via Kandahar. (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBrigadier Rob Thomson lays a wreath during the ceremony. (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPadre Geoff Withers poses for a photograph following the ceremony. (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)