Remembrance services have been held throughout Wales in tribute to those killed in action.

First Minister Rhodri Morgan was joined by the Presiding Officer of the Welsh Assembly, Lord Elis-Thomas, as wreaths were laid at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff.

A field of crosses remembered the dead

At the cenotaph in Cathays Park in Cardiff's civic centre, Lord Mayor Russell Goodway and other dignitaries watched a march past by military and former service personnel, led by the bands of the Royal Welsh Regiment and the Salvation Army.

And in Neath, local MP Peter Hain laid his first wreath at the town cenotaph since being appointed Secretary of State for Wales.

On Monday many people are expected to observe another two minute silence at 1100 GMT, marking Armistice Day and the end of World War I.

The Royal British Legion is continuing its campaign to have the silence reinstated in the national calendar.

Annual march

Meanwhile its Poppy Appeal aims this year to raise �22m to fund welfare and resettlement work for 5.5 million ex-service men and women and their 7.5 million dependants.

The Queen led 10,000 people at the annual march and wreath-laying at the Cenotaph in central London.

Amid heightened security, war veterans and representatives from civilian organisations joined the Queen and Prime Minister Tony Blair for the ceremony honouring British and Commonwealth war dead.

Those who fought in the Falklands Islands conflict had a special place at the London event, with this year marking the 20th anniversary.

The poppy appeal aims to raise �22m this year

Members of South Atlantic Medal Associationled the parade of almost 7,000 veterans.

Ahead of the ceremony, controversy was threatened when it emerged many elderly war veterans faced being on their feet for four hours.

But on Saturday a compromise was reached between the Royal British Legion and the Lord Chancellor's Department, allowing an extra 60 seats to be provided.

A spokesman for the Royal British Legion said: "It has been possible to provide some seating for those who need a rest at the end of the parade."

Video screens

A spokeswoman for the Lord Chancellor's department, which organises the ceremony each year, said other improvements had been made.

Large screens were installed for the ceremony and there were speakers along the route of the march, which is organised by the Royal British Legion.

Meanwhile the Duke of York has led commemorations 8,000 miles away on the Falkland Islands.

Prince Andrew - who served as a helicopter pilot in the 1982 war - is attending a Sunday service and wreath-laying in the capital, Stanley, along with 200 Falklands veterans on a pilgrimage.