Crowds gather to mark 100th anniversary of WW1 on Remembrance Sunday in London

Politicians, the Royal Family and the military will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War this Remembrance Sunday as the nation holds a two minute silence.

The National Service of Remembrance is held at the Cenotaph in Whitehall at 11am to commemorate British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars and those who were killed or injured in later conflicts.

The Queen, members of the cabinet, opposition party leaders, former Prime Ministers and the Mayor of London will attend the ceremony in Westminster.

This year the organisers of the event- the Royal British Legion – have arranged a 10,000 strong public procession for members of the public to pay their respects as well as the annual veteran march past the cenotaph.

The traditional two minutes silence is held at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month to mark the end of four years of fighting during World War One.