Armistice Day saw a shift in how conflicts were memorialised. The sheer levels of death in World War One meant that remembrance was focussed on the dead themselves rather than the next generation to follow them. This was significant in shaping British identity because it was simultaneously pulled on inclusive language yet proved to be a marginalising force. Before World War One rituals of memorialisation focussed on the living; in this approach, the dead were significant as guides to aspire to. Memorials to the South African War and Scott's Antarctic exhibition reflect a construction of British identity centered around individuals actively contributing to its perpetual confirmation. The South African war memorial at Cheltenham College, for example, focussed on memorialisation being a lesson for appropriate British identities. The emphasis was on service, as reflected in the
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The London County Council agreed to hand out the story to LCC headteachers for the purpose of education. Moreover, between 1909-1916 Boys Own Paper published seven feature articles about polar exploration. The move away from this by the formation of Armistice Day held some particular significances for the reshaping of British identity. The role of quasi-religious language put the dead, and more significantly what they had gained, beyond reproach. The memorialisation of the dead therefore allowed a displacement of the living. This is especially relevant for the working-class and unemployed veterans who increased exponentially in the 1920s and 30s. The majority of those unemployed in the 1920s had been in armed forces during the war and therefore had not been established in trades- by 1922 2/3 of the unemployed were ex-servicemen. Their role after the war was not brought into the national consensus because they could not replace the adoration of the dead at the regional and country
The London County Council agreed to hand out the story to LCC headteachers for the purpose of education. Moreover, between 1909-1916 Boys Own Paper published seven feature articles about polar exploration. The move away from this by the formation of Armistice Day held some particular significances for the reshaping of British identity. The role of quasi-religious language put the dead, and more significantly what they had gained, beyond reproach. The memorialisation of the dead therefore allowed a displacement of the living. This is especially relevant for the working-class and unemployed veterans who increased exponentially in the 1920s and 30s. The majority of those unemployed in the 1920s had been in armed forces during the war and therefore had not been established in trades- by 1922 2/3 of the unemployed were ex-servicemen. Their role after the war was not brought into the national consensus because they could not replace the adoration of the dead at the regional and country