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Sussex memorial for Battle of Mons VC winner

Posted on August 19, 2014 by DH

A memorial stone is to be unveiled to commemorate one of the first Victoria Cross winners of the First World War. Private Sidney Godley VC, of the Royal Fusiliers, won the medal for his defence of the Nimy railway bridge … Continue reading →

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Worcestershire Cricket Club rededicates WW1 memorial

Posted on August 18, 2014 by DH

A memorial to the Worcestershire County Cricket Club players who were killed in the First World War has been rededicated to mark the Centenary of 1914. Some 17 club members, including 10 first XI players, lost their lives in the … Continue reading →

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Staffordshire conscription tribunal notes revealed

Posted on August 16, 2014 by DH

Records from Staffordshire’s conscription appeals tribunals are to be documented as part of the commemorations of the Centenary of the First World War. The authorities intended that the records would be destroyed following the Armistice, but documents relating to around … Continue reading →

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Welsh WW1 monument unveiled at Langemark

Posted on August 15, 2014 by DH

A memorial to commemorate Welsh soldiers who were killed in the First World War will be unveiled at Langemark, Belgium, on 16 August. It will comprise a Welsh dragon atop a slate cromlech and is near the spot where Welsh … Continue reading →

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Campaigners call for WW1 Chinese Labour Corps memorial

Posted on August 14, 2014 by DH

Members of Britain’s Chinese community have launched a campaign to commemorate members of the Chinese Labour Corps who served in the First World War. Dangerous work More than 100,000 men volunteered for the corps, with the first arriving on the … Continue reading →

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The first Flying Corps casualties of the First World War

Posted on August 8, 2014 by DH

In August 1914 the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) began its deployment to France. On the 12th, the Corps lost its first casualties, when one of its aircraft came down soon after take off. Second-lieutenant Robin Skene and air mechanic Raymond … Continue reading →

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Reservists re-join the British army in August 1914

Posted on August 6, 2014 by DH

Reservists queue to rejoin the British Army on 5 August 1914. The men are former members of the Grenadier Guards who have been recalled following the outbreak of war and are awaiting a medical examination at Wellington Barracks, Chelsea. While … Continue reading →

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Step Short arch unveiled in Folkestone

Posted on August 4, 2014 by DH

The 100th anniversary of the day Britain entered the First World War has been marked by the unveiling of a memorial arch in Folkestone, Kent. The arch was commissioned for the Centenary by the Step Short charity in memory of the millions of … Continue reading →

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The Briton killed within hours of outbreak of WW1

Posted on August 3, 2014 by DH

Historian Richard van Emden suggests Henry Hadley should be recognized as the first British casualty of the First World War. Hadley, a former army officer with the West India Regiment who had been educated at Cheltenham College, was working as … Continue reading →

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Truth and Memory at London’s Imperial War Museum

Posted on August 2, 2014 by DH

  London’s Imperial War Museum is marking the Centenary of the outbreak of World War I with a wide-ranging and often deeply moving display of the work of British war artists of the period. Entitled Truth and Memory, it takes … Continue reading →

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