Live: Serving personnel gather at Cenotaph to commemorate fallen troops on Remembrance Sunday

Welcome to BFBS Forces News coverage of events taking place at central London to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. 

Our reporters and editors will bring you live updates throughout the day, from the National Service of Remembrance to interviews with veterans and serving personnel. 

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In pictures: Armed Forces at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London

Second World War veterans applauded as nation pays Remembrance Sunday tribute

Veterans of the Second World War were applauded as they arrived at the Remembrance Sunday service before the royal family leads the nation in honouring those who have died in conflict.

The King will lead the two-minute silence at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall at 11:00.

He will be joined by the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family as well as senior politicians who will lay wreaths to honour the fallen, including Sir Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey.

Some 10,000 armed forces veterans will take part in the annual Royal British Legion’s march-past, including about three D-Day veterans among the 20 Second World War veterans marking 80 years since the conflict ended in 1945.

Personnel line up on Whitehall

Serving personnel and veterans set off on the Remembrance parade to Whitehall

Veterans and personnel set off for the Remembrance Sunday parade to the Cenotaph in central London's Whitehall.

People of all ages are marching, including some of the last surviving Second World War veterans.

Afghan veteran: Important to keep those memories alive

Afghanistan veteran James Dieterle, a former Warrant Officer Class 2 in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, said Remembrance Sunday was a special day to remember all conflicts and to meet up with old colleagues, and remember those who had been lost.

He told BFBS Forces News: "I live in Germany now, so I don't have that community, and I think the Armed Forces have always had that huge family community-like feeling; something I personally really, really miss.

"So the opportunity to come over from Germany and spend the weekend here with people that I only really get this one chance per year to see. It's very special."

On the importance of Remembrance, he added: "I had three tours of Afghanistan and I already feel that, 10 years after the drawdown, that conflict that we were involved in is slowly being eroded and slowly fading away.

"It's really important to keep those memories alive."

Veterans and serving personnel side by side 

Three D-Day veterans are among the Second World War personnel who are attending the Remembrance service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

Around 20 veterans of the conflict between 1939 and 1945 are expected to have arrived in central London on Sunday morning.

Crowds gather in Whitehall ahead of Cenotaph service

A sea of poppies and military uniforms could be seen as hundreds of people line Whitehall.

A quiet crowd is gathering in central London ahead of the National Service of Remembrance.

Workers can be seen adding the final touches to the area around the Cenotaph ahead of the service.

London the focus for Remembrance

Ten thousand veterans are making their way to the capital and will take part in the Royal British Legion's march past the Cenotaph this Remembrance Sunday.

Twenty Second World War veterans are also expected to attend, 80 years on from the conflict's end.

The King will take centre stage at the National Service of Remembrance, leading the nation in a two-minute silence, and he will be joined by other members of the royal family and senior politicians who will lay wreaths to honour the fallen.