The soldier , from the 2nd Battalion , The Rifles , was killed in an explosion in Helmand province , the main British area of operations , in southern Afghanistan . Queen Elizabeth II and Royal family lay wreaths at the Cenotaph , the war memorial near Parliament in London . Hide Caption Hours before the ceremony began , the 200th British soldier was been killed in hostile action in Afghanistan . That was followed by the news that a U.S. soldier and another British soldier died in separate incidents .
Queen Elizabeth II and Royal family lay wreaths at the Cenotaph , the war memorial near Parliament in London . Hide Caption Hours before the ceremony began , the 200th British soldier was been killed in hostile action in Afghanistan . That was followed by the news that a U.S. soldier and another British soldier died in separate incidents .