The people of the British Isles respect tradition and the proud history of their country. This is anathema to other nations. While I was researching a number of stories involving The Great War and its aftermath, I found many tales that showed the resilience of the soldiers, who survived the conflict with terrible injuries ; most men not telling of the horrors seen, and of the women, who lost husbands, sons , and how they struggled by keeping their families together.

The stories, quoted below, are from The Times newspaper of 12^th November 1920. The unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph is reported and the procession, with the entombment of the Unknown Warrior, in Westminster Abbey. The inscription on the wreath laid by King George V read” In proud memory of those Warriors who died in the Great War. Unknown; and yet well-known; as dying, and behold they live.”

The two-minute silence on Armistice Day is observed in every city, town, village, in Great Britain. In Fleet-Street, things turned out quite differently. While the men, women, and children stood motionless, singing, dancing, shouting, the banging of drums, came from the offices of the Workers’ Dreadnought, just off the corner of Bolton Street. People in the crowd witnessed the girls’ antics through the windows of the offices. With the silence ended, the crowd stormed the offices. While the men waited outside, the women and girls entered the office and gave the girls a thorough beating. This continued until the police arrived.