Category Archives: Events

War Horse screening marks Centenary at National Memorial Arboretum

Posted on May 7, 2014 by DH

An outdoor screening of Stephen Spielberg’s film War Horse will be held at the National Memorial Arboretum on 22 July as part of the centre’s commemorations of the Centenary of the First World War. The event follows the recent visit … Continue reading →

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Duke of Kent visits CWGC sites in Bulgaria

Posted on May 6, 2014 by DH

HRH the Duke of Kent, president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), visited Bulgaria recently to attend a ceremony to remember the fallen of the First World War. The Duke travelled to CWGC sites in Sofia and Plovdiv and said: … Continue reading →

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend WW1 remembrance event in Belgium

Posted on May 6, 2014 by DH

Buckingham Palace has announced the role members of the British Royal Family are taking in commemorating the Centenary of the First World War in 2014. HRH The Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, will attend a … Continue reading →

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WW1 memorial plaque found in Liverpool garden

Posted on May 2, 2014 by DH

A First World War memorial plaque has been unearthed in a garden in Liverpool. The plaque was formerly in St Peter’s Church in the Toxteth area of the city and was found in the garden of its former caretaker. Several … Continue reading →

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War Horse exhibition opens at Parsonage Farm, Devon

Posted on April 30, 2014 by DH

A First World War exhibition has opened at the farm in Devon that provided the inspiration for Michael Morpurgo’s book War Horse. Parsonage Farm and the surrounding area of Iddesleigh are the setting for the opening scenes of the book. … Continue reading →

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The enemy aliens of 30th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

Posted on April 28, 2014 by DH

In 1916 Britain’s Army Council authorised the Middlesex Regiment to form two battalions (the 30th and 31st) formed from recruits who were naturalised British citizens but of enemy alien parentage. Most of the men were of German ancestry and of … Continue reading →

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Wildlife at Gallipoli, December 1915

Posted on April 24, 2014 by DH

‘Bird and insect life is most interesting here… Larks can always be seen, and their presence seems to lessen in some degree the sordidness of war. One feels thankful that, no matter how many guns may be thundering, the noise … Continue reading →

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Old soldiers of St Pancras cemetery, London

Posted on April 23, 2014 by DH

The CWGC section of the St Pancras cemetery in north London includes the headstones of a number of soldiers who were well into their forties and fifties when they died either in the final months of the First World War … Continue reading →

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Paddington War Memorial, London

Posted on April 22, 2014 by DH

The First World War memorial in Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn, London. Rather unusual in that it’s not the conventional Cross of Sacrifice that one tends to see in most city cemeteries where there is a CWGC section.

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Scotland’s National War Museum launches Centenary exhibition

Posted on April 3, 2014 by DH

Scotland’s National War Museum is marking the Centenary of the First World War with an exhibition entitled Next of Kin. The show will run at the National War Museum, Edinburgh, until March 2015, before going on tour to eight venues … Continue reading →

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