Town / Village War Memorials - posts pre 2016

The ceasefire was 11 November 1918, which required the German forces to evacuate their positions and return to Germany, leaving their artillery and other heavy weapons behind. After that a peace treaty was thrashed out over a six month period at the Paris Peace Conference. It was finally signed by the victorious powers at Versailles on 28 June 1919 between Germany and the Allies. Germany and Austria were given the choice of accepting it or continuing the war. I think that is why most memorials have 1919 as the end date, as technically it was the end of WWI