The Eleventh Hour

"The Armistice came, the day we had dreamed of. The guns stopped, the fighting stopped. Four years of noise and bangs ended in silence. The killing had stopped.
We were stunned. I had been out since 1914. I should have been happy. I was sad. I thought of the slaughter, the hardships, the waste and the friends I had lost."

- Sergeant-Major Richard Tobin
Hodd Battalion, Royal Naval Division.
From the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum.

This photo was taken at 10:59:57 (I just missed) on the 11th day of the 11th month.

Today we remember the deaths of millions - and the horrors and hardships endured by millions more.