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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend WW1 remembrance event in Belgium
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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Tagged Battle of Mons, Belgium, Buckingham Palace, Cardiff, Centenary of the First World War, Crathie Kirk in Scotland, Duchess of Cambridge, Duke of Cambridge, events, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Liege, Llandaff cathedral, Mons, news, Prince William, Royal Family, Sandringham, St Symphorien military cemetery, Step Short Folkestone, UK News, WW1
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First WW1 British casualty may have been victim of friendly fire
Private John Parr of the Middlesex Regiment, the first British soldier to be killed in the First World War, may have been a victim of ‘friendly fire’. Speaking to The Sunday Times historian Jon Cooksey said: ‘There was no German … Continue reading
Ten missing First World War British soldiers identified
Ten missing British soldiers who were killed in the early months of the First World War have been positively identified after almost 100 years. The men were members of 2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment and were killed on … Continue reading
First World War exhibition at Royal Museum of the Army and of Military History, Brussels
A new exhibition at the Royal Museum of the Army and of Military History entitled 14-18, It’s Our History, explores the role of Belgium in the wider context of the First World War. The displays fit into five subject areas: … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914 Centenary, Belgium, Brussels, Centenary of First World War, Europe, Kaiser, news, Spa, UK News, WWI
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Exhibition focuses on Gordon Highlanders in the First World War
An exhibition focusing on the Gordon Highlanders and their experience during the first months of the First World War has opened at the regiment’s museum in Aberdeen. Shattered Hopes: The Gordon Highlanders in 1914 follows the unit throughout the battles … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Aberdeen, Belgium, Captain James Brooke, Centenary of the First World War, Christmas Truce, events, Flanders, France, Gordon Highlanders, Le Cateau, Mons, news, Scotland, UK News, VC, Victoria Cross, Ypres
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Reading footballer Joe Dickinson remembered for the Centenary of World War I
Joe Dickinson was one of 44 Reading Football Club players to serve in World War I and one of 11 who never returned home. Dickinson had been a regular army soldier prior to his stint at the club, serving with … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 1915, Aubers Ridge, Belgium, Centenary of World War I, CWGC, Festubert., Grenadier Guards, Reading footballer Joe Dickinson, war diaries, Ypres
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A draft of reinforcements arrives at Ypres
Norman Gladden recalls how a new draft of men arrived at the 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers near Ypres in 1917. The battalion had suffered considerable casualties at the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. The nature of the new … Continue reading
Life behind the lines in World War I
Norman Gladden, of the 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, recalls the ordinary soldiers’ experience in an area behind the British lines near Ypres in 1917. ‘One day we marched to the Brigade Baths which had been set up in a small … Continue reading
Archive lists Irish casualties of World War I
An archive that lists the 49,000 soldiers from the island of Ireland who died during World War I or as a result of wounds sustained during battle has been made available to the public. The archive, entitled Ireland’s Memorial Records, … Continue reading
First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 