Image Gallery: November 2008
10 November 2008
Remembrance Day 2008
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month attained a special significance in the post-war years. The moment when hostilities ceased on the Western Front became universally associated with the remembrance of those who had died in the war. This first modern world conflict had brought about the mobilisation of over 70 million people and left between 9 and 13 million dead, perhaps as many as one-third of them with no known grave. The allied nations chose this day and time for the commemoration of their war dead.
| 20081107adf9901_065 Wing Commander Wilma Tennant, Directorate of Personnel Air Force; Mr Bert Castellari, World War II veteran 85 years young; and Aircraftman Alex Wruck, Directorate of Personnel Air Force. (Date taken: 07 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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