Prime Minister pays tribute to former Hartlepool barman who was last soldier killed on day of First World War Armistice


George Edwin Ellison was the last soldier killed in the Great War before peace was declared in 1918.
The 40-year-old, who was a father-of-one, served with the Royal Irish Lancers.
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He was shot on the outskirts of the town of Mons in Belgium, just 90-minutes before the Armistice brought an end to the war.
Mr Ellison was from Leeds but it is undertsood he spent time as a barman in Hartlepool before he joined the army in 1902.
He is buried in the St Symphorien Military Cemetery near Mons, in a grave facing that of John Parr, who was the first British soldier killed in the First World War.
A wreath has been placed on his grave by Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of Armistice Day in a ceremony where she was joined by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.
The message read: “They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted ... We will remember them.”