After 14 months service on the Western Front, Charles Preuveneer's musical past caught up with him when the British Army learned he had been an acclaimed cellist in London's West End.

Charles was given 10 days of leave to dash home, collect his cello and return to Flanders to entertain the troops with the 25th Divisional Orchestra.

At the end of the war, Charles played before HM King George V at Buckingham Palace.

Today Charles' cello will be played by German student Janina von Enckevort at Windsor Parish Church.

More here on the commemorations that are taking place around the world to mark the centenary of the Armistice.

The main European ceremony will be in Paris. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among those set to attend a service beneath the Arc de Triomphe.

On Saturday, Germany's Chancellor and French President Emmanuel Macron laid wreaths at a plaque to commemorate the signing of the Armistice.

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Grace Jones, who was 12 at the time, says she can remember Armistice Day clearly.

"People with union jacks, screaming and laughing and singing."

Sunday morning:

• Artists will create images of World War One soldiers out of sand on beaches across the UK. In Folkestone, a portrait of Wilfred Owen will be created on the beach
• The National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London at 11:00
• "A Nation's Thank You" - for the first time, a procession of 10,000 members of the public past the London Cenotaph at 12:30
• Big Ben will break its silence caused by repair work and will strike 11 times at 11:00
• Remembrance services elsewhere at 11:00 include: the Stone of Remembrance and St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh; George Square, Glasgow; the National War Memorial in Cathays Park, Cardiff; the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall; and the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire

And on Sunday afternoon:

• Afternoon services include: Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, at 15:00; Glasgow Cathedral at 16:00; and St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast at 16:00.
• The Queen, senior royals and Prime Minister Theresa May will attend a special service of remembrance at Westminster Abbey
• Around 1,000 buglers will sound the Last Post at spots around the country before 1,000 beacons will be lit to mark a return to the light of peace
• More than 1,000 cathedrals and churches will ring their bells at the same time at 19:05.
• The Tower of London will host its final night of its light installation

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Ahead of the UK events, centenary commemorations took place across Commonwealth nations including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

In Canberra, about 12,000 people, including veterans and serving soldiers, gathered for a national ceremony of remembrance.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison led a minute's silence.

Some 331,000 Australians served overseas during the First World War, alongside British soldiers and their allies.

The Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington was the setting for New Zealand's main remembrance ceremony, and a two-minute silence was observed at 11am.

In Malaysia wreaths were laid at the cenotaph at the National Monument in Kuala Lumpur.

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This Remembrance Sunday is particularly poignant as it commemorates 100 years since Armistice and the end of World War One.

The National Service of Remembrance and the Cenotaph form the centre piece of the day but there are other special events too.

The day's events in the UK started at 06:00 with pipers across the country playing the Scottish lament "Battle's O'er".

This year's Remembrance Sunday is a special anniversary, marking 100 years since the end of World War One on 11 November 1918.