IN November the nation will mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice in which the guns finally fell silent and World War I ended.

Although peace negotiations continued for some time afterwards, the German surrender of 1918 signalled the close of hostilities that had cost the lives of 10 million military personnel.

Its anniversary has been marked with great reverence every year since.

Wreaths of poppies, the symbol of remembrance and hope, are placed on memorials from the tiniest of hamlets through to the mightiest cities of our nation.

This year the Weeping Window display at Hereford Cathedral was a profoundly moving salute to the Fallen.

The armistice centenary will have added poignance for those in Herefordshire who had relatives who served and perhaps died in the conflict.

Many families will still have faded but much-cherished photographs of those men who marched off to Flanders and elsewhere in those terrible years before November 11, 1918.

We would like to share those pictures and the stories behind them with our readers, to remind us all of the great sacrifices made on our behalf just three or four generations ago.

We will try to publish all those receive in a Hereford Times armistice special in print and online on Thursday, November 8.

So email a copy of a photo of your relative who served in World War I to news@herefordtimes.com. Write ‘armistice’ in the subject line.

Please include a picture of yourself or your present family, and include a few words about what your relative did in the war, and your personal tribute to them.

You can also contribute via our Facebook page www.facebook.com/herefordtimes (search for #ArmisticeHT).