Armistice celebration 1918, Herne Hill, London

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Armistice celebration 1918, Herne Hill, London

Image: © Unknown Taken: 11 Nov 1918

Children celebrating in Oakbank Grove. The date is assumed to be 11th November 1918. The photographer unknown. The eyewitnesstohistory.com website states: “All over the world on November 11, 1918, people were celebrating, dancing in the streets, drinking champagne, hailing the armistice that meant the end of the war. But at the front there was no celebration.”

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