Two days of commemorations are planned in Mons on November 10 & 11 to mark the centenary of the Belgian city's liberation, and the end of the First World War.
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UK National Service of Remembrance & ‘People’s Procession’ mark Armistice Centenary in London
As well as events around Britain, the end of the First World War was marked in London by a National Service of Remembrance and a special procession of 10,000 members of the public past the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
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Farewell to the Centenary: more photos from Mons
More pictures from the Armistice Centenary commemorations in Mons, as our own coverage of the 2014-2018 events marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War comes to an end.
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A day of solemn ceremony – as global events close the WW1 Centenary with pledges ‘Not to Forget’
After more than four years of commemorations, the First World War Centenary came to an end on November 11 with international tributes and pleas to work for peace on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.
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St Symphorien tributes to the fallen of 1914 and 1918
The first and the last British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in action in the Great War have been remembered in Armistice Centenary ceremonies at the cemetery in Belgium where they lie together.
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Belgium & Canada honour last Commonwealth soldier killed in WW1
Centenary News watches the official opening of the George Price Memorial, near Mons, commemorating the death of the last Commonwealth soldier to die in action in World War 1 before the Armistice took effect.
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The Armistice – the Guns of the Great War fell silent 100 years ago today
The Armistice ending the First World War was agreed in Marshal Foch’s train at Compiègne early on the morning of 11 November 1918, coming into effect at 11 o’clock.
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‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them’ – the Armistice tributes in Britain & Ireland
Patrick Gregory on how the Centenary Armistice Day was commemorated across Britain and Ireland.
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‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them’ – the Armistice tributes in Britain & Ireland
Patrick Gregory on how the Centenary Armistice Day was commemorated across Britain and Ireland.
Continue readingA day of solemn ceremony – as global events close the WW1 Centenary & Mons again pays tribute to the ‘first and the last’
After more than four years of commemorations, the First World War Centenary came to an end on November 11 with international tributes and pleas to work for peace on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.
Continue reading