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.
Continue reading‘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 readingThe 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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