UCL marks the Armistice centenary

Prospective students Current students - On Sunday November 11 it will be one hundred years since the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War. To mark this, staff and students from across UCL, and many of the students from partner schools will be honouring all those who fought in the Great War by taking part in national and local events and paying their respects privately. A wreath will be laid at the UCL war memorial in the main Quad from Friday 9 November until Monday 19 November for staff and students to reflect in peace. There will be also be wreaths laid and three ceremonies held by UCL Medical school staff and students at the UCH Medical School in the Rockefeller Building, the Middlesex Hospital Medical School and the Royal Free Medical School from 10.45 am on Friday 9 November. All are welcome to attend. In a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday 13 November, Dr Georgina Brewis (UCL Institute of Education) will talk about the significant impact of the First World War on life at UCL. Over 2,600 members of the university community served during the war, and UCL was requisitioned as a military hospital while the research activities of many academic departments were directed to the war effort.