At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, the fighting that had involved every continent around the world stopped.  Germany and the Allies had agreed an Armistice. The First World War had lasted four years, 4 months and 14 days.

To mark the passing of the generation of men and women who lived during that time, the Imperial War Museum, in association with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and with support from the Minister for Veterans, has created People of the Great War: Shaping the Modern World.