Armistice Collection (page 4)

Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
The Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow on 21st June 1919 at the end of the First World War. The High Seas Fleet had been interned there under the terms of the Armistice whilst negotiations

A Pfalz DXII handed over to the allies in France under the Armistice terms and flown from France to Hawkinge, Folkstone

DOMINGUEZ BECQUER, Joaqu�(1818-1879). The Moroccan
DOMINGUEZ BECQUER, Joaqu� (1818-1879). The Moroccan Peace. Meeting between general O Donnell and the prince Muley-el-Abas

Hunger knows no armistice - Near East Relief. Poster showing a woman and children, cowering in distress. Date 1919

Sea Cadet parade, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The band of TS Wooltan, the sea cadet unit based at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, leading the annual Armistice Day procession through the town. 1955

Arriving for ceasefire talks, Focsani, Romania, WW1
Army officers arriving for ceasefire talks at Focsani, Romania, during the First World War. An armistice between Romania and the Central Powers was signed on 9 December 1917. Date: 1917

Iranian troops at Kermanshah after Armistice, post-WW1
Iranian troops concentrated at Kermanshah (western Iran) after the Armistice which ended the First World War. Date: 1918

Tomb of Unknown Soldier - Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier intered under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France on 11th November 1920 (Armistice Day). Date: 1920

Compagnie Forest - Armistice World War One
A sign in the forest of Compiegne marks the site where the Armistice between the Allies and Germany which ended World War I was signed on 11th November 1918

Demobilization leaflet for soldiers
A printed demobilization leaflet for soldiers, Army Form Z 70, explaining why, although the Armistice has been signed, demobilisation must be a gradual process because of the large numbers involved

Armistice Day in the Seychelles. A Company of Blue Jackets and Royal Marines parading. Scouts lined both sides of the Flag pole but only one line of Scouts is seen. circa 1920s-30s

Seychelles Scouts on Armistice Day
Scouts on Armistice Day, laying a poppy wreath at the foot of the monument erected in Mont Fleury Cemetery in memory of the dead members of the Seychelles Labour Battalion. circa 1920s-30s

Signing of Armistice, Compiegne Forest, Northern France
Photograph taken just after the signing of the Armistice which ended the First World War, in a railway carriage in the Compiegne Forest, Picardy, Northern France

The sands run out
Kaiser Wilhem II stares gloomily as the sands of German militarism run out

Armistice Day hand-drawn postcard
A postcard drawn by a British soldier on Armistice Day, 1918 in the style of horse racing results, but instead listing the winners, losers and " also rans" of the Great War

Russian soldiers WWII
The last Russian train passes Helsinkis Frederiksber station where soldiers receive tulips from the Finns after the armistice with Finland during Word War II

Informal armistice 1914
Informal armistice Rue de Bois, constructing mud breastworks on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1914

General von Gundell(1867-1965). He was part of the German delegation who attended the Armistice Agreement

Admiral Sir Rossyln E. Wemyss(1864-1933), first sea lord of the Admiralty. He acted as the British naval representative at the Armistice

Count Oberndorff, German ambassador to Bulgaria at the end of WW1. He was part of the German delegation who attended the Armistice Agreement

General Von Winterfeld. He was part of the German delegation who attended the Armistice Agreement. Date: November 1918

Matthias Erzberger
Herr Matthias Erzberger, German State Secretary and Vice Chancellor.He was part of the German delegation who attended the Armistice Agreement

General Weygand(1867-1965)
General Weygand of the Versailles Council and French Chief of the General Staff. He was a delegate who attended the Armistice Agreement

Unveiling the Cenotaph, 1920
Unveiling of the Cenotaph and the funeral of the Unknown Warrior, Armistice Day 1920. Ex-servicemen with wreaths waiting in Whitehall to pass the Cenotaph after the unveiling in London on 11th

Armistice Day 1918
Crowds outside Buckingham Palace on Armistice Day at the end of World War I on 11th November 1918

Armistice Night in Trafalgar Square, London
Celebrating crowd in Trafalgar Square, London, on Armistice night, 1922. This was, reportedly, the biggest celebration of Armistice night since that, at the end of the First World War

The Tatler Peace Number
Colourful and optimistic front cover of The Tatler depicting " Eve" powdering her nose and dressing up for a party, a discarded uniform to one side. Frou-Frou the dog joins in

Roses of Victory
Elegant lithograph by Shepperson showing a young woman with a basket of roses welcoming the victorious British troops home

Armistice Week Rejoicings in the West End
A scene at Piccadilly Circus in central London giving an impression of victory celebrations at the end of World War I. Various soldiers join civilians

Franco-Prussian War. The First German in Paris
On January 28th 1871 Paris capitulatd to the Prussians. The Government of National Defence, under Trochu and Gambetta, signs a 3 week armistice with Bismarck to negotiate peace

The central ceremony of Armistice Day, the King laying his w
The tenth anniversary of the Armistice, the King laying his wreath at the base of the Cenotaph. The group to the right, behind the King are the Duke of York and the Prince Arthur of Connaught

Planting a poppy at the garden of remembrance
The tenth anniversary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey. An ex-serviceman from the British Legion placing a poppy on the Garden of Remembrance

Whitehall / Cenotaph 1920
Whitehall: the Cenotaph soon after an Armistice Day commemoration

Villafranca Armistice
Napoleon III meets emperor Franz Josef at Villafranca and they agree an armistice

Freikorp Units / 1920
Freikorp units in Saxony. They were often ex-soldiers who subscribed to the myth that the government had stabbed them in the back by signing the Armistice

German Surrender 1918
Marshall Foch heads a group of delegates in the forests of Compiegne, following the German surrender; central figure is Sir Rosslyn Wemyss

Ww1 / Hindenburg Cartoon
As German forces retreat all over Europe, Hindenburg hesitates to sign an armistice

Foch accepts German surrender
Marshall Foch studies the terms of the German surrender in a railway carriage at Compiegne

General De Mitry
General Antoine de Mitry, commander of the French Seventh Army from 1918 to the Armistice during World War One

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