Thousands gathered across Sussex on Remembrance Sunday to honour those killed in war and to pray for peace.

The county united in two minutes' silence at 11am as people paid their respects to those who gave their lives for their country.

In Brighton, more than 500 people, including 100 veterans of the Second World War and other conflicts, marched from the seafront to the war memorial on the Old Steine.

Crowds assembled for a service of remembrance, which was particularly poignant this year following the terrorist attacks in the United States and the war in Afghanistan.

After the traditional sounding of The Last Post, Brighton and Hove mayor Harry Steer opened the service with a reading from Laurence Binyon's Poems For The Fallen.

Vicar of Brighton Canon Douglas McKittrick led the crowd in prayers for peace, flanked by Mr Steer, Brighton MPs Des Turner and David Lepper and the leader of the Sussex Muslims, Imam Abduljalil Sajid.

In Hove yesterday afternoon, Mr Steer, chief executive of the city council David Panter and MP Ivor Caplin joined other dignitaries in a march from Hove Town Hall to the war memorial in Grand Avenue.

The parade was led by the band of the Salvation Army and the Services were represented by Air, Sea and Army cadets.

In Mid Sussex, more than 50 wreaths were laid at the war memorial in Burgess Hill in a ceremony attended by hundreds.

It was followed by a service at nearby St John's Church, conducted by Father Clay Knowles.

In Worthing, the Very Reverend Christopher Campling reminded several thousand people at the war memorial in Chapel Road of the horrors of September 11 and the war in Afghanistan.

He said: "We know all over the world there are thousands who think of this struggle as a struggle of ideologies, of religions, whereas we believe that the horror of September 11, vivid in our memories, has led to a struggle against evil forces."

Hundreds of veterans, cadets and cubs attended the service, which began with a two-minute silence signalled by a maroon fired on the seafront.

Similar services were held in Bognor, Chichester, Arundel and Littlehampton.

In Eastbourne, ex-servicemen and women, cadets and families gathered at the war memorial in Memorial Square.

They lay wreaths and quietly remembered comrades lost on the battlefield and the victims of terrorist attacks across the world.

In Newhaven, town officials and residents gathered at the war memorial and Canadian Forces Memorial, in South Road, while lifeboats from the town's station laid wreaths in the sea.

Other services were held at St Mary's Church in Hailsham, St Mary's in Battle, the seafront memorial and St Augustine's Church in Bexhill, St Michael's, St John's and All Saints churches in Crowborough, the war memorial in Cade Street, Heathfield, and Holy Cross Church in Uckfield.

In Seaford a service to remember the Canadian and West Indian war dead was held at Seaford Cemetery while veterans paid tribute at the war memorial in Sutton Road.

More than 400 people took part in a march against the war in Afghanistan in Brighton on Saturday.

They walked from The Level to the city centre and on to the seafront Peace Statue in a peaceful protest.