A hundred years ago, on November 11th 1913, who could have known what was to follow? Who would have predicted that the following year would see the outbreak of, not just a war, but a war of such huge impact?
Before the end of the war, just a few years later, everyone would know of someone who had been killed or injured in 'the great war.' Millions of lives had been changed forever; not just the dead, but the injured left behind, bore witness to what had happened between 1914 and 1918.
The poppy flowers continued to grow on fields that had seen death, a reminder of continuing life. And on November 11th, the guns fell silent.
Next year sees the hundredth anniversary of the start of the war - where were your ancestors in 1914?
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