Britain has been commemorating those who died during the two World Wars and other conflicts this century.

Former servicemen and women gathered in London to parade by the national war memorial, the Cenotaph, where the Queen and political leaders laid wreaths.

Wet and windy conditions made it impossible for veterans of the First World War, to join the march-past -- the survivors are all now aged about a-hundred.

This year, for the first time, coal-miners were included in the parade -- conscripts known as Bevin boys, who were ordered to work in the pits instead of fighting during World War Two.

Yesterday a special ceremony was held in memory of about three-hundred British and Commonwealth soldiers who were executed by firing squad for alleged cowardice or desertion during the First World War.