Veterans of the second world war were applauded as they arrived at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before being joined by royals and senior politicians to honour those who have died in conflict. King Charles laid the first wreath in recognition of those killed in wars and conflicts dating back to the first world war. View image in fullscreen Veterans lay wreaths at the Stone of Remembrance outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PAAs well as royals and political leaders, 10,000 members of the armed forces participated in the Royal British Legion’s annual march past, including about three D-day veterans among the 20 second world war veterans marking 80 years since the conflict ended in 1945. Sid Machin, one of six 101-year-olds registered to march, is one of the last surviving Chindit special forces soldiers the second world war’s Burma (now Myanmar) campaign.
