Remembrance Day - Centenary of Armistice

In late 1918, after more than four years of bitter fighting, Allied forces finally broke stubborn German resistance and forced Germany to sue for peace. Entire nations cheered as fighting ceased and the armistice took effect at 11am on the 11th November 1918. One year later the first commemoration to mark the end of the war were held by allied countries on the 11th November 1919. At the request of King George V the people of the Empire ceased work at 11am to hold a two minute vigil to remember the fallen. This vigil would evolve into the minute's silence of today's Remembrance Day services.

On Sunday 11 November 2018, the Shrine commemorated Remembrance Day and the 100 year anniversary of the guns falling silent on the Western Front, signalling the end of the First World War.