This year marks 98 years since "The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" - the moment when First World War hostilities ceased on the Western Front in 1918, with the signing of the Armistice.
The 2016 Armistice Day RSA service in Christchurch is at 11am Friday 11 November on the Bridge of Remembrance. This is the first Armistice Day service on the Bridge since the earthquake of 2011. It's a most appropriate location, since the Bridge of Remembrance was opened on Armistice Day 11 November 1924. The Bridge is dedicated to the memory of those who took part in World War I, with further plaques added later to commemorate the battlefields of World War II.
More about Armistice Day and the Bridge of Remembrance
- Our page on Armistice Day
- Find Armistice Day resources in our collection
- Armistice Day in the news
- The Bridge of Remembrance
- DigitalNZ set of images about Armistice Day and the Bridge of Remembrance.
- First World War
Bridge of Remembrance images
- Image collection: Bridge of Remembrance A sample of photographs of the Bridge of Remembrance in our collection.
- See our set of Bridge of Remembrance photos on Flickr.
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