A service is to take place later near Royal Wootton Bassett to remember over 400 members of the UK armed forces who have died in Afghanistan since 2001.
It will be held at the Royal British Legion's Field of Remembrance, at Lydiard Park, Wiltshire.
Over 40,000 crosses bearing personal remembrance messages are to be planted in Lydiard Park's walled garden.
Meanwhile, the Guards Museum is trying to raise £140,000 to bring back soil from 70 World War One battlefields.
The soil will be interred in a memorial garden at London's Wellington Barracks.
'Ultimate sacrifice'Among those expected to attend the remembrance service at Lydiard Park is Emma Hickman, the fiancee of Pte Daniel Wade, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in March 2012.
Pte Wade, 20, from Cheshire, who served with 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, died along with five colleagues when their Warrior armoured personnel carrier was destroyed by a bomb.
Royal British Legion National Vice Chairman Terry Whittles said the service would show "support and admiration" for those who have paid the "ultimate sacrifice".
"We will never forget them," he said. "I would encourage all members of the public to visit the Field of Remembrance and pay their respects in this very special place."
In addition to the ceremony, 30,000 poppies are being planted - each bearing a special tribute from Legion supporters to all those lost in service.
The park will be open to the public until November 17.
'Historic project'The Guards Museum has described the move to return "sacred soil" from some of the most famous battlefields in Belgium as a "historic world-first project".
The Commonwealth War Grave Commission have allowed the soil to be excavated for the first time, from sites widely regarded as having seen some of the Great War's most tragic episodes of conflict.
More than 1,000 British and Belgian schoolchildren were involved in collecting 70 bags of soil from the battlefields this summer.
The soil will arrive in London on 29 November aboard Belgian Naval Frigate the Louise Marie - which will sail under Tower Bridge and berth alongside HMS Belfast. The following day, the soil will be moved to a new memorial garden at the Guards Museum, in Wellington Barracks, near Buckingham Palace.
The £700,000 project will be funded jointly by The Guards Museum, public donations and corporate sponsors - including a contribution from the Government of Flanders. But the Guards Museum says there is still a £280,000 funding shortfall - including £140,000 to bring back the bags of soil, costing £2,000 per bag.
Andrew Wallis, Curator of The Guards Museum, added that the garden would stand as a "tangible demonstration of the bond between Britain and Belgium".
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