From the archive: Deliverance

Janet Scott concludes her series on Friends and the first world war

by Janet Scott 30th November 2018

On the afternoon of Monday 11 November 1918 David Lloyd George, the prime minister, announced in the House of Commons that ‘the cruellest and most terrible war that has ever scourged mankind’ had come to an end that morning. He added: ‘I hope we may say that thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars.’