At a glance: Veterans Awareness Week

Thousands of veterans are expected to attend events

Events are being held throughout the UK to mark Veterans Awareness Week, falling midway between VE Day and VJ Day.

Here is a selection of the main events.

4 July: Prince Charles opens "living museum" in St James's Park, London, giving a flavour of what life was like in wartime Britain.

4-9 July: World War II lightshow every evening at dusk projected onto the facade of Buckingham Palace. Some images have not been seen previously.

5 July: Royal Mail releases new first class stamp showing St Paul's Cathedral during the Blitz.

9 July:The Queen unveils the Women's Memorial on Whitehall. The ceremony will be attended by seven women who won wartime George Medals.

10 July: National Commemoration Day. Events include a service at Westminster Abbey Service from 1100 BST, attended by the Queen, members of the Royal Family, senior politicians and more than 1,000 World War II veterans.

A lunch for veterans will be held at Buckingham Palace, and after a parade of banners and standards along the Mall, the Queen will stand on the palace balcony as a Lancaster bomber drops a million poppies onto The Mall in memory of those who died.

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