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Adrian Van Klaveren to lead BBC coverage of WW1 Centenary

Posted on February 11, 2013 by DH

Adrian Van Klaveren, the former Radio 5 Live controller who lost his job following Jimmy Savile scandal, will head up the BBC’s World War I Centenary coverage next year. Van Klaveren will oversee all of the corporation’s related programming across … Continue reading →

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Leeds City Council makes bid to trace World War I soldier

Posted on February 11, 2013 by DH

Leeds City Council is attempting to trace relatives of a World War I soldier, whose name was found in a 100-year-old national roll book. A report in the Morley Observer states the book, one of just 14 published, was discovered … Continue reading →

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Plans for football games to mark Centenary of World War I

Posted on February 9, 2013 by DH

The UK press is today reporting plans for football matches to be played as part of the commemoration of the Centenary of World War I. Andrew Murrison, minister in charge of overseeing the commemorations, told the Guardian: ‘I think football has … Continue reading →

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Sergeant major Fred Hall VC, Winnipeg Rifles

Posted on February 8, 2013 by DH

Sergeant major Fred Hall won the Victoria Cross during the Second battle of Ypres in Belgium. Sergeant major Hall was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, on 21 February 1885. He is believed to have emigrated to Canada around 1910. On 23 … Continue reading →

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Dame Judi Dench supports campaign to remember VC winner

Posted on February 4, 2013 by DH

Dame Judi Dench is supporting a plan to erect a statue in memory of a World War I Victoria Cross recipient. Private Herbert Columbine, 24, was a private in the Machine Gun Corps and was awarded the decoration posthumously for … Continue reading →

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A Scottish researcher is attempting to track down the identity of a oldier featured in a photograph that was given to a girl in Edinburgh during World War I. Elizabeth Edgar, who kept the photo in her scrapbook, helped her … Continue reading →

Posted on January 25, 2013 by DH | Leave a comment

HMS Caroline to become floating museum

Posted on January 18, 2013 by DH

HMS Caroline, the last surviving British warship of World War I, is to be preserved thanks to and award of £1m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF). This money has been awarded to the National Museum of the Royal … Continue reading →

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World War I New Zealand soldiers shown of Flickr

Posted on December 15, 2012 by DH

Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) is using photsite Flickr in a bid to find out more about the country’s World War I soldiers. The museum has added a large number of photographs that were taken in … Continue reading →

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Remembrance garden planned for Guards Museum

Posted on December 13, 2012 by DH

A £600,000 fundraising appeal is aiming to create a ‘haven of remembrance’ at the Guards Museum – within the Wellington Barracks site near Buckingham Palace in London. Soil taken from battlefields in France and Belgium will be used in the … Continue reading →

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