Title: WW1 facts and numbers: Remembering how many died, WW1 soldiers and the mind-blowing scale of the war this Armistice Day | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
Headings: WW1 facts and numbers: Remembering how many died, WW1 soldiers and the mind-blowing scale of the war this Armistice Day
WW1 facts and numbers: Remembering how many died, WW1 soldiers and the mind-blowing scale of the war this Armistice Day
When did WW1 start and end?
How many soldiers fought in WW1?
How many died in WW1?
How many soldiers were wounded in WW1?
How many countries fought in WW1?

Content: This year marks the centenary of the end of this brutal conflict, and Remembrance Day will commemorate the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918. So with Remembrance Sunday today, the Standard takes a look at the numbers behind "The Great War". The ruins of the medieval Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium, at the end of the First World War. / PA Wire/PA Images
When did WW1 start and end? WW1 lasted for four years, from July 28 1914 until the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. How many soldiers fought in WW1? More than 70 million military personnel were reportedly mobilised to fight during the four years of WW1, including 60 million Europeans. Around five million Brits served between 1914 and 1918, according to the BBC. How many died in WW1? British stretcher bearers (Daily Herald Archive / Science & Society Picture Library) / Daily Herald Archive / Science & Society Picture Library
The Encyclopaedia Britannica records that around 8.5 million soldiers are believed to have been killed in WW1.