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Truth and Memory at London’s Imperial War Museum
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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Cambridge lone piper to mark anniversary of WW1
Cambridge will mark the outbreak of the First World War with a lone piper playing a lament from the balcony of the city’s Guildhall. The city’s mayor, Cllr Gerri Bird, and the vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, … Continue reading
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Exhibition focuses on Staffordshire Regiments in WW1
An exhibition focusing on Staffordshire soldiers of the First World War has opened in Lichfield. Entitled Staffordshire Goes to War the display will be hosted by the Staffordshire Regiment Museum using some items from the National Army Museum (NAM). The North Staffordshire … Continue reading
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Serbian leaders to attend Princip statue unveiling
The Serbian prime minister and president are to attend a ceremony in Sarajevo to unveil a statue of Gavrilo Princip, the young student who assassinated the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The shooting, on 28 June 1914, provided the spark that … Continue reading
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British Library opens WW1 Centenary exhibition
The British Library is marking the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War with an exhibition entitled: Enduring War: Grief, Grit and Humour. On show are Christmas cards, letters, cartoons, posters and the manuscripts of famous war poets. … Continue reading
La Grand Guerre at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge is marking the Centenary of the First World War with an exhibition entitled: La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War. The display comprises 36 colour lithographs and woodcuts from the print series La … Continue reading
Duke of Cambridge backs Football Remembers project
The Duke of Cambridge has announced his support for Football Remembers, a national commemoration that will mark the centenary of the Christmas Truce in 1914. Professional, amateur and school football teams will join in a series of activities between now and … Continue reading
WW1 exhibition comes to London Transport Museum
Goodbye Piccadilly – from Home Front to Western Front will open at the London Transport Museum on 16 May 2014. The exhibition will tell the story of Londoners during the First World War and will consider how the conflict affected … Continue reading
Ceramic poppies to fill Tower of London’s moat
The Tower of London moat is due to planted with 888,246 ceramic poppies as part of Britain’s First World War Centenary commemorations. The poppies are being created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, who says he was inspired by the writings … Continue reading
First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 