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ATOB2 | 18:48 Fri 01st Dec 2000 | History
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I've seen some war memorials refer to the Great War as 1914-19, not 1918, when it ended. Was this a spelling mistake by the stonemason?
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It's more likely that he, or the council that paid for the memorial, was being pedantic. Some insisted that the war did not end until the peace treaty of Versailles in 1919.
18:48 Fri 01st Dec 2000
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I think there were some British troops fighting the Bolsheviks in Russia during 1919. Maybe that explains it.
16:34 Sun 11th Mar 2001
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November 11th 1918 was only Armistice Day - implying only a temporary halt whilst the peace negotiations got started.
15:37 Sat 27th Oct 2001

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