Because of this it was decreed that the official date of the ending of the Great War was to be August 31, 1921.
Indeed in Saffron Walden on November 11, 1918 the roll of honour had five more names to be added to it.
In the immediate aftermath of the war, the town struggled to come to terms with the grief brought about by the huge loss of life.
For most people the establishment of a suitable memorial to the fallen was paramount.
In the minutes of the council meeting dated November 27, 1919 various suggestions were mooted, including a monument at the top of the High Street arranging for the reception of a captured German gun .
North Yorkshire: £450,000
A lovely period cottage with many character features in the centre of this village, just ten minutes from Harrogate. Main bed, 1 further double bed, family bath, kitchen, walk-in pantry, entrance lobby, recep hall, sitting room with beamed ceiling and stone fireplace, dining room with flagstone floor and underfloor heating, WC/utility, home office/single bed 3, boarded storage loft, store, on-street parking, enclosed cottage garden.