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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 a centre in Ovingdean, near Brighton, which provides support to blind ex-servicemen and women. | The oldest surviving veteran, Henry Allingham, 112, paid tribute to his fallen comrades on Wednesday at a centre in Ovingdean, near Brighton, 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 Welsh Guards' remembrance event at the Guards' Chapel in central London before presenting medals and laying a wreath at the Guards' Memorial. | The Prince of Wales, a Colonel in the Welsh Guards, will take part in the Welsh Guards' 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 | 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: Silence in the Square event, which will include a reading by actor John Hurt of the poem Do not stand at my grave and weep. | Elsewhere in the capital, live performances will take place in Trafalgar Square for the 90th Anniversary: Silence in the Square event, which 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 . |
| Meanwhile, Arthur Hillman, a 98-year-old World War II veteran, will be attending his first Remembrance Sunday parade. | Meanwhile, Arthur Hillman, a 98-year-old World War II veteran, will be attending his first Remembrance Sunday parade. |
| 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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