More than 6,000 tributes make up Field of Remembrance at Cardiff Castle

More than 6,000 crosses and commemorative markers have been planted at Cardiff Castle to create a Field of Remembrance.

Each carries a personal message in memory of servicemen and women who died during the First World War and other conflicts.

The field was opened during a service attended by dignitaries including Carwyn Jones, the first minister of Wales, and Terry Whittles, national chairman of the Royal British Legion.

Mr Whittles said the events are particularly significant this year with the centenary of the Armistice on Sunday.

Lance Corporal David Iveson, 32, from Cardiff, said he was "very honoured" to plant a cross in the field for his fallen friends.

L/Cpl Iveson was medically discharged from the Army after suffering back injuries when the vehicle he was travelling in hit a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005.

The field one of six Royal British Legion Fields of Remembrance, with others in London, Belfast, Gateshead, Staffordshire and Royal Wootton Bassett.

There will be more than 100,000 tributes planted across the six sites, taking the form of a cross, Muslim Crescent, Star of David, Sikh Khanda, Hindu Om or a secular tribute.