Royal Proclamation - Declaring a State of Peace With Germany [1919-07-01]

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Title

Royal Proclamation - Declaring a State of Peace With Germany [1919-07-01]

Subject

Foreign Affairs
Ceremonial

Description

Royal Proclamation of King George V proclaiming a state of peace with Germany at the end of World War I.

Creator

King George V

Source

Recorded in The Gazette (London Gazette), issue 31427, July 1, 1919, 8217.

Date

1919-07-01

Contributor

Jason Loch

Coverage

Germany

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Transcript

BY THE KING.
A PROCLAMATION.

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS a Definitive Treaty of Peace between Us and the Associated Governments and the German Government was concluded at Versailles on the Twenty-eighth day of June last: In conformity thereunto We have thought fit hereby to command that the same be published in due course throughout all Our Dominions: And We do declare to all Our loving subjects Our Will and Pleasure that upon the exchange of the Ratifications thereof the said Treaty of Peace be observed inviolably as well by sea as by land and in all places whatsoever: strictly charging and commanding all Our loving subjects to take notice hereof and to conform themselves thereunto accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this First day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and in the Tenth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Ornamentation

This text is taken from a Gazette notice and so it may not reflect the formatting of the original.

Special Features

This was the last time a state of peace was formally proclaimed.

Citation

King George V, “Royal Proclamation - Declaring a State of Peace With Germany [1919-07-01],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/584.

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