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Ypres painting on show at IWM North to mark Centenary
A painting depicting wounded soldiers at Ypres during World War I has gone on show for the first time in almost a century. Ypres, 1915 by Gilbert Rogers is now on show at IWM North, part of Imperial War Museums, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 1915, Belgium, British Red Cross Society, Crystal Palace, Gilbert Rogers, IWM North, Manchester, news, RAMC, World War I Centenary, Ypres
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Premier League to finance football pitch in Ypres
The Premier League is to build an all-weather football pitch in Belgium as part of World War I Centenary commemorations. The Daily Mirror reports that a high-tech ‘3G’ pitch will be opened in Ypres and will be the venue for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Belgium, Christmas Truce, football, Iraq, Johnson Beharry VC, Menin Gate, Premier League pitch Ypres, VC, World War I Centenary, Ypres
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French President acknowledges World War I African troops
French President François Hollande has said France will not forget the African soldiers who died for it during World War I. The President says the Centenary of World War I in 2014 will offer the chance to remember their sacrifice. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, African troops in World War I, Centenary of World War I, France, Francois Hollande, news
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Scottish rugby players killed in World War I remembered in Edinburgh
Scottish international rugby players who were killed in World War I are to be honoured at an event in December at Edinburgh Central Library. Scotland lost 30 international rugby players (including five captains) during the war – more than any … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 1917, Aisne, Alistair McEwen, Arras, Centenary of World War I, Edinburgh Central Library, EHD Sewell, events, Faubourg d’Amiens, France, German Spring Offensive of 1918, Lieutenant Ronald Simson, news, rugby, Scotland, Scotland’s War Project, The Rugby Roll of Honour, William Hutchison
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Franz Ferdinand accident could have changed course of history
One hundred years ago, and just months before his death, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was nearly shot dead in a hunting accident in Nottinghamshire, England. The BBC reports that at the time, the Duke of Portland – on whose … Continue reading
World War I changed culture of mourning, says Yale professor
World War I changed the culture of mourning in Europe and acted as a crucial brake on progress, says Yale professor Jay Winter in an interview with Deutsche Welle. Winter, who has curated the exhibition Missing Sons, at the Art … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Bonn, Centenary of World War I, events, Germany, J Winter, memory, missing soldiers of World War I, Missing Sons, news
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Queen Victoria’s Rifles HQ, 56 Davies Street, London
The badge of the Queen Victoria’s Rifles provides a reminder of World War I in one of London’s most well-heeled districts. It adorns the wall of 56 Davies Street, where the unit (officially the 9th County of London Battalion) was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 1915, 9th County of London Battalion, Belgium, Bethnal Green, Davies Street, France, Hackney, Harrow School, Hill 60, lieutenant Geoffrey Wooley, London, Queen Victoria's Rifles, Royal Army Chaplains' Department, VC, Victoria Cross, WWI Centenary, Ypres
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Francois Hollande announces France’s Centenary plans
French leader Francois Hollande has announced that France will invite representatives from all 72 countries involved in World War I to take part in its annual Bastille Day military parade in July 2014. Hollande added that Germany’s president, Joachim Gauck, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 2014, 3 August 1914, centenary, France, Francois Hollande announces plans, Les Invalides, Notre Dame de Lorette, Pas de Calais
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Major dates announced for UK commemoration of World War I
The UK’s First World War Centenary Partnership, led by Imperial War Museums (IWM), will mark the Centenary of World War I by leading four-year cultural programme that includes over 500 new exhibitions and 1,500 events. James Berresford, VisitEngland’s chief executive … Continue reading
CWGC restores Ypres’ Menin Gate for Centenary
Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff are working to prepare the Menin Gate in Ypres for the Centenary of World War I in 2014. Since early spring, horticultural staff have carried out turf renovation in and around the site. In addition, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 2014, Belgium, centenary, CWGC, Menin Gate, missing, news, remembrance, restoration, Ypres
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 