A war veteran looks down at crosses placed in the ground on Armistice Day in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland November 11, 2007. People across Britain observed a two-minute silence to remember the nation's war dead on Sunday. (Agencies)

 

 

 

A handout photograph shows senior officers from the Multi National Division stepping forward to lay wreaths during a Remembrance Sunday parade in their contingency operating base (COB) in Basra, Iraq November 11, 2007. A service was held at the base on Remembrance Sunday, when the sacrifices made by Britain's war dead were commemorated. (Agencies)