Armistice Day ceremonies in UK and Afghanistan

Alrewas, Staffordshire: Corporal Kerry Brook is consoled by Corporal Claire Vogel at the Armed Forces Memorial as they mourn Private Kevin Thompson, who died from injuries sustained in Iraq in 2007 Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

London: Gordon Brown in Westminster Abbey for a service to mark Armistice Day and the passing of the first world war generation Photograph: Richard Pohle

London: The Queen arrives with Prince Philip for an Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

London: Gurkha veteran Tul Bahadur Pun VC at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Alrewas, Staffordshire: Prince Edward arrives to read names engraved at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

London: Jeremy Irons reads out Last Post, written by Carol Ann Duffy, at Westminster Abbey Photograph: Johnny Green/PA

Baroness Margaret Thatcher and John Major at the Westminster Abbey service Photograph: Johnny Green/PA

Camp Bastion, Afghanistan: The firing of a 105mm light gun precedes two minutes' silence Photograph: Major Paul Smith/PA

Camp Bastion, Afghanistan: Soldiers stand to attention in front of a cenotaph Photograph: Major Paul Smith/PA

Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan: Soldiers pause for two minutes' silence Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Kabul, Afghanistan: Remembrance Day at the British cemetery Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: Remembrance Day at the British cemetery Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters

Kabul, Afghanistan: A military chaplain prepares his service at the British cemetery Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters