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| Photo: Gareth Fuller/ PA |
As part of the commemoration of the centenary of the
Armistice, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Belgian Prime Minister
Charles Michel paid tribute to British soldiers who fell during the First World
War at The cemetery of Saint-Symphorien on November 9, 2018.
During the ceremony, she laid wreaths at the graves of John Parr,
the first UK soldier to be killed in 1914, and the last, George Ellison (he was
killed on the Western Front at 09:30 GMT, before the Armistice came into effect
at 11:00).
“We
remember the heroes who lost their lives in the horror of the trenches. As the
sun sets on one hundred years of remembrance, we will never forget their
sacrifice.”