By Stanley Szecowka
A Remembrance Day Service is being held today in the gardens of the British Embassy in Manama with VIPs, members of the military, diplomats and special guests in attendance.
They have been invited by British Ambassador Roddy Drummond and his wife, Yasmin, and the service will be broadcast live on GDN social media.
The day of memorial is an annual event set aside to remember and honour service men and women who lost their lives in the First World War.
A two-minute silence is held at 11am on November 11, which marks the day the armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany that brought the end of the First World War.
The armistice took place on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, which is why the UK holds two minutes of silence at 11am every November 11.
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