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Commemoration at Menen Wald German Military Cemetery
On 5 October, a commemoration ceremony was held at Menen Wald German Military Cemetery by the city of Menen and the municipality of Wevelgem.The event was supported by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (VDK). Menen Wald, with 48,049 burials, is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Germany, Harlebeke, Menen Wald, Tyne Cot, Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge
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Home-town recognition for sub-lieut Rex Warneford, VC
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
Memorial Museum Passendaele 1917 announces 2014 plans
The Memorial Museum Passendaele 1917 opened in July 2013. It focuses in particular of the 1917 Battle of Passendaele and is situated in the village of Zonnebeke. On display are a wide variety of uniforms, weaponry, memorabilia, artworks and battlefield … 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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Belgium’s Fort de Loncin recalls devastation of 1914
One of the major focuses of Belgium’s commemorations to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of World War I will be the Fort de Loncin. The fortress, one of 12 that formed a defensive semi-circle around the city of Liege, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, 2014, August, Belgium, Big Bertha, centenary, Fort Loncin, Liege, memorials, remembrance
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Memorial to Christmas Truce footballers
In December 1914 the field behind the cross contained a crop of turnips, but that didn’t stop men of the German and British armies playing football between their front lines. The author Henry Williamson, who served with the London Rifle … Continue reading
Royal Fusiliers badge at Ploegsteert
The Royal Fusiliers’ badge on a headstone at the CWGC cemetery at Ploegsteert, Belgium. In 1915 and 1916 this was deemed a relatively quiet area, but there are still more than 11,000 names on the memorial to the missing … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, cemeteries, CWGC, Ploegsteert, remembrance, Royal Fusiliers
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Charity searches for relatives of first British casualty
The Barnet War Memorials Initiative Trust is looking to install a memorial to private John Parr, of 4th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment, who was the first British soldier to be killed in World War I. It is also hoping to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Belgium, Finchley, first casualty, London, Middlesex Regiment, Mons, news, North Middlesex Golf Club, Obourg, Private John Parr, Soldiers of the Great War
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UK tour operators visit Flanders Fields
Last week more than 50 UK tour operators visited Ypres and the surrounding area. In readiness for the Centerary next year, the Flemish government has invested millions of euros in the tourism sector of this region. The forum offered operators … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Flanders Fields, Memorial Museum Passendaele, news, Poperinge, Talbot House, tourism, Tyne Cot cemetery, Vladslo, Ypres
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 