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| Ceremonies across the UK will take place later to remember the servicemen and women who lost their lives in all past and current armed conflicts. | Ceremonies across the UK will take place later to remember the servicemen and women who lost their lives in all past and current armed conflicts. |
| The Queen will lead Remembrance Sunday tributes at the Cenotaph in London. Simon Brown, who lost an eye while serving in Iraq, will lead the parade. | The Queen will lead Remembrance Sunday tributes at the Cenotaph in London. Simon Brown, who lost an eye while serving in Iraq, will lead the parade. |
| Troops on active service in Iraq and Afghanistan will also hold services. | Troops on active service in Iraq and Afghanistan will also hold services. |
| This year's events fall just two days before the 90th anniversary of the armistice - the end of World War I. | This year's events fall just two days before the 90th anniversary of the armistice - the end of World War I. |
| Almost 900,000 men and women in the British armed forces died during the conflict, which was meant to be the war to end all wars. | Almost 900,000 men and women in the British armed forces died during the conflict, which was meant to be the war to end all wars. |
| Three veterans - the youngest aged 108 - will be at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on Tuesday, 90 years to the minute since the ceasefire. | Three veterans - the youngest aged 108 - will be at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on Tuesday, 90 years to the minute since the ceasefire. |
| The oldest surviving veteran, Henry Allingham, 112, paid tribute to his fallen comrades on Wednesday at the centre near Brighton of the St Dunstan's charity, which provides support to blind ex-servicemen and women. | |
| Trafalgar Square silence | Trafalgar Square silence |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband and opposition party leaders will be among those attending the national wreath-laying event in central London later. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband and opposition party leaders will be among those attending the national wreath-laying event in central London later. |
| They will be joined by thousands of veterans who will assemble on Horse Guards Parade before marching to the Cenotaph. | They will be joined by thousands of veterans who will assemble on Horse Guards Parade before marching to the Cenotaph. |
| The Prince of Wales, a Colonel in the Welsh Guards, will take part in the regiment's remembrance event at the Guards' Chapel in central London before presenting medals and laying a wreath at the Guards' Memorial. I never did anything heroic like rescuing soldiers or anything like that Arthur Hillman98-year-old World War II veteran | |
| Elsewhere in the capital, live performances will take place in Trafalgar Square for the 90th Anniversary: the Silence in the Square event will include a reading by actor John Hurt of the poem Do not stand at my grave and weep. | |
| Remembrance services will also be held at the Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff, Glasgow's George Square and Belfast's City Hall . | Remembrance services will also be held at the Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff, Glasgow's George Square and Belfast's City Hall . |
| Des Feely, the father of the first female British soldier killed in Afghanistan, will lay a wreath in her honour at a ceremony in Carlisle's city centre. | |
| Corporal Sarah Bryant, 26, was killed on duty in June in a roadside explosion near Lashkar Gah, in the south of the country. | |
| Mr Feely said: "I felt it was quite an honour to do this on Sarah's behalf and on behalf of all the soldiers that have been killed. | |
| "It's important to keep remembering, and it's not just limited to the First or Second World War. There are ongoing sustained casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. | |
| "It highlights the fact that for people here in this country, their way of life - freedom of speech, freedom of movement - is still being preserved through the actions of others." | |
| Meanwhile, Arthur Hillman, a 98-year-old World War II veteran, will be attending his first Remembrance Sunday parade.Veteran Henry Allingham, 112, earlier paid tribute at St Dunstan's. | |
| The survivor, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, has never attended Poppy Day services before now because he did not see himself as a war hero and because he preferred to stay at home to look after his wife. | The survivor, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, has never attended Poppy Day services before now because he did not see himself as a war hero and because he preferred to stay at home to look after his wife. |
| The Desert Rat, who fought in the battles of El Alamein and Monte Cassino, has now agreed to attend a remembrance service at St James's Church in Trowbridge. | The Desert Rat, who fought in the battles of El Alamein and Monte Cassino, has now agreed to attend a remembrance service at St James's Church in Trowbridge. |
| "I never did anything heroic like rescuing soldiers or anything like that," he said. "I'm determined and a very independent person but I'm also quite modest and that's partly the reason why I didn't wear the medals." | "I never did anything heroic like rescuing soldiers or anything like that," he said. "I'm determined and a very independent person but I'm also quite modest and that's partly the reason why I didn't wear the medals." |
| Last night, the Queen and members of the Royal Family attended the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall. | Last night, the Queen and members of the Royal Family attended the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall. |
| The event included the traditional two-minute silence as thousands of poppy petals fell from the roof of the venue, each representing a life lost in war. | The event included the traditional two-minute silence as thousands of poppy petals fell from the roof of the venue, each representing a life lost in war. |
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