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Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse tours UK, US and Germany

Posted on November 7, 2013 by DH

The National Theatre’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel War Horse has already been seen by more than 4 million people worldwide since its debut in London in 2007. The show is also currently touring the UK and Ireland and will … Continue reading →

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Home-town recognition for sub-lieut Rex Warneford, VC

Posted on November 7, 2013 by DH

The British government has decided an Indian-born Victoria Cross winner will, after all, be granted a memorial plaque in his home town of Exmouth, Devon. Royal Navy sub lieutenant Rex Warneford was awarded the VC, aged 23, when he shot … Continue reading →

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Quaker White Feather Diaries explore objections to war

Posted on November 6, 2013 by DH

British Quakers are planning an online storytelling project entitled The White Feather Diaries to mark the Centenary of World War I. The real-time story will be told online through the story of five Quakers. It will follow them as the … Continue reading →

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Historian traces soldiers of Derbyshire and Yorkshire

Posted on October 24, 2013 by DH

An amateur historian has researched the lives and war records of hundreds of Yorkshire and Derbyshire men who fought and died in two world wars. The Sheffield Star reports how 45-year-old accountant Simon Goodwin has spent the past four years … Continue reading →

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George Grosz exhibition in London

Posted on October 24, 2013 by DH

London gallery Richard Nagy is running a major exhibition dedicated to the work of George Grosz (1893-1959). Some 50 works by the German satirical artist and World War I veteran have been assembled from leading private and public collections around … Continue reading →

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Tour de France route 2014 includes World War I sites

Posted on October 23, 2013 by DH

Tour de France organisers have announced a four-country route for the 2014 event, starting in England and featuring stretches in the north and east of France to commemorate the Centenary of World War I. Belgium and Spain will be the … Continue reading →

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Petitioners bid to save Stoke-on-Trent memorial

Posted on October 22, 2013 by DH

A petition to save a Stoke-on-Trent World War I memorial from demolition has been delivered to Downing Street. The document, signed by more than 10,000 people, calls on the government to stop the Ministry of Justice selling off the former … Continue reading →

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World War I trenches restored at Berkhamsted

Posted on October 22, 2013 by DH

Trenches used for training World War I troops at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, have been mapped and partially restored. The Hemel Gazette reports the trenches were used by more than 14,000 troops from the Inns of Court Officers’ Training Corps that prepared … Continue reading →

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Mata Hari birthplace in Leeuwarden burned down

Posted on October 21, 2013 by DH

The Netherlands birthplace of exotic dancer and World War I spy Mata Hari has been gutted by fire. Hari was born in the Frisian city of Leeuwarden, about 90 miles north of Amsterdam, as Margaretha Geertruida Zelle on 7 August … Continue reading →

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Welsh trench experience brings history to life

Posted on October 20, 2013 by DH

A trench system has been created to educate school children across Wales about life on the Western Front in World War I. Wales Online reports that the Back to the Front Experience has been created at Morfa Bay Adventure in … Continue reading →

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