Revealed: This Is Why World War 1 Ended At 11am… To The Anger Of Pm Lloyd George express.co.uk

WORLD War 1 ended at 11am on the 11th November, a decision made by Admiral Sir Rossalyn Wemyss despite orders from the British Government to agree to the ceasefire at 2.30pm on the same day, a relative of the Admiral has revealed.
Speaking to Nigel Farage on LBC, Jamie Wemyss – a relative of the senior British representative in charge of the signing of the World War 1 armistice 100 years ago – revealed then Prime Minister Lloyd George wanted the ceasefire to be agreed for at 2.30pm. But Mr Wemyss claimed the Admiral believed the millions of men and women who had suffered the ordeal of the Great War deserved a “poetic” date and time to be remembered.
He told Nigel Farage the decision to go against the Government’s orders saved thousands of young men who could have died between 11am and 2.30pm.

Mr Wemyss said: “The actual signature of the Armistice Agreement was at 5:10am and it was agreed that it would be considered at 5am just for the sake of simplicity.
Mr Wemyss explained the then Liberal Party Prime Minister had hoped to announce the end of the First World War two days before the Armistice Agreement was signed.

Failing to be able to give Britons the great news on the 9th of November, Lord George ordered Admiral Wemyss to agree to the ceasefire for 2.30pm to be able to announce the news in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Question time.

He added: “Lloyd George wanted it to be 2.30pm because he wanted to announce it.

“He had hoped to announce it on the 9th of November when he was making a speech at Guildhall but tragically for him, it didn’t happen on the 9th.

“So he was then hoping to announce it at Prime Minister’s Questions time in the House of Commons at 2.45pm on the 11th of November.

“And Wemyss was then summoned to the war cabinet the next day, by now the 13th of November, and he had expected that he would be well received and they’d be pleased to see him.

“Far from that, he was greeted with silence and black looks and he was absolutely amazed.”

Hundreds gathered today in London to commemorate the World War 1 dead at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

And thousands joined the two minutes silence at 11am at various commemorating events across the UK.