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Three missing First World War soldiers identified in Belgium
The graves of three missing First World War British soldiers have now been marked with their names, following investigations by researchers. Privates Albert (Wilfred) Culling and Charles Green of “C” Company, 1/24th London Regiment were killed alongside Private Albert Hale … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, CWGC, family-history, First World War, history, military, missing soldiers of World War I, news, Third Battle of Ypres, UK News, WW1, Ypres
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RN Submarine Museum unfurls First World War Jolly Roger flag
A Jolly Roger flag, flown by Royal Navy submarine HMS E54 in 1916, will go on show at The Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport in April. The First World War-era ensign will be part of a wider exhibition focusing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, events, exhibitions, history, museums, navy, news, Royal Navy, Submarines, War at Sea, WW1
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Grave of 55-year-old First World War army doctor located in France
By Dan Hayes The grave of a Royal Army Medical Corps doctor who was killed in 1918 has been identified in the Champagne region of northern France. A rededication service for 55-year-old Captain Frederick Brooke took place at the Commonwealth … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, Champagne, CWGC, First World War, France, RAMC, UK News, Wiltshire Regiment, WWI
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Welsh school seeks WW1 relatives
A Welsh school is looking for relatives of 76 pupils who lost their lives during the First World War. Monmouth School for Boys plans to re-dedicate its war memorial on Armistice Day, Monday, November 11. It hopes to trace as … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus Buchanan, Monmouth School, news, South Wales Borderers, VC, Wales
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War Horse to return to London stage
War Horse, the widely acclaimed stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s First World War novel, is scheduled to return to the National Theatre later this year. Productions are due to coincide with the centenary of Armistice Day (in November) and are … Continue reading
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Tagged First World War, National Theatre War Horse, news, War Horse, WW1
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WW1 archeology exhibition in Ypres
Ypres’ In Flanders Fields museum is focusing its attention on the subterranean relics of war this year. Entitled Traces of War, WW1 Archeology the museum’s fascinating new exhibition explores the strata of buried First World War remains that lie less … Continue reading
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Tagged archeology, Belgium, exhibitions, France, In Flanders Fields museum, Traces of War WW1 Archeology, WW1
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Sargent’s Gassed headlines USA exhibition
America’s National WWI Museum and Memorial celebrates the opening of its new, $5m Wylie gallery space with an exhibition dedicated to John Singer Sargent’s monumental painting, Gassed. The 21ft-long work, on loan from London’s Imperial War Museum, depicts a line … Continue reading
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Tagged Imperial War Museum, National WW1 Museum and Memorial, Winston Churchill
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Royal Navy Museum marks centenary of WRNS
The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, is marking the centenary of the formation of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) with an exhibition entitled Pioneers to Professionals. Women and the Royal Navy. On show within the Portsmouth Historic … Continue reading
Belgian memorial for Hertfordshire Regiment
The Hertfordshire Regiment will soon gain its first memorial outside the UK. The new monument will be constructed at the site of the 1st Battalion’s attack near St Julien on 31 July 1917 – the first day of the Battle … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, Belgium, Centenary of the First World War, First World War, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire Regiment, Herts at War, news, Passchendaele, UK News, WW1
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Battle of Passchendaele commemorations 2017
The UK government has revealed its plans to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele (the Third Battle of Ypres). Passchendaele is perhaps associated with the most iconic and ghastly images of the First World War, with its drifting … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, Battle of Passchendaele centenary, Belgium, Centenary of the First World War, events, news, Passchendaele, UK News, Ypres
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 