In pictures: Remembrance Sunday 2018 in SE1
The centenary of the end of World War I was marked on the River Thames and at war memorials around SE1 on Sunday.
Gloriana was part of an Armistice Day flotilla on the Thames
St Saviour's War Memorial in Borough High Street was the centre of Southwark's civic observance of Remembrance Sunday
Nelly Kibirige, president of London South Bank Students' Union, and Sir Simon Hughes, chancellor of LSBU, at the Borough High Street ceremony
In Lambeth, wreaths were laid at the Special Operations Executive memorial on Albert Embankment
The Mayor of Southwark also took part in the wreath-laying at the Soviet War Memorial in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park
The London Eye had a poppy-themed lighting scheme
The National Theatre was bathed in red light after a special Armistice Day performance of War Horse, introduced by writer Michael Morpurgo
Children from Boutcher Primary School carried candles to represent local men killed in World War I at a special ceremony at the Albert McKenzie memorial in Tower Bridge Road
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