On June 28th 1919, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany officially brought to an end the most tumultuous conflict in human history. Nearly nine million people served in the British armed forces during the First World War, yet less than a fifth of the population ever fought in it. Their experiences on the home front, however, proved equally influential in shaping life after the fighting ended and this is the story of what happened next in the market town of Wellington, Shropshire.