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Tag Archives: Centenary of World War I
Charity takes on Reading University to save First World War building
The Victorian Society has launched a campaign to try to stop Reading University from knocking down St Patrick’s Hall – a building that was used by air cadets during the First World War. Among those who lived there was William … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914-1918, Biggles, Centenary of World War I, First World War, news, RFC, St Patrick's Hall, The Victorian Society, The White Fokker, WE Johns
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Snipers shot British soldiers on Christmas Day 1914
The Centenary of the Christmas Truce of 1914 is receiving much media coverage, but it was not universally observed. At one point of the British front line, near the French village of Festubert, there was no fraternising and the war … Continue reading
Duke of Edinburgh opens First World War exhibition
The Duke of Edinburgh has opened the new permanent First World War exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum in north London. Entitled The First World War in the Air, the exhibition focuses on the often overlooked role of air power during the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914-1918, Air Museum, centenary, Centenary of World War I, Duke of Edinburgh, exhibitions, Hendon, London, news, The First World War in the Air, UK News
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War Memorial at Lyddington, Rutland
The war memorial at the Rutland village of Lyddington includes seven names from the First World War. Among them are private Walter Hinch of 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment whose name appears on the Basra Memorial in Iraq. There are also two … Continue reading
Shot at dawn pamphlet published online
A campaigning contemporary pamphlet, designed to draw attention to the British army’s relatively common and often arbitrary use of the death penalty, has been made available online. Entitled Shootings at Dawn and written by Ernest Thurtle MP, it uses extracts … Continue reading
Family recovers medals of Australian Aboriginal soldier
The family of an Australian Aboriginal soldier who was killed during the First World War have been reunited with his war medals. Private Arthur Walker’s great-grandson, John Lochowiak, was given the medals by a relative after she saw him at … Continue reading
UK communities focus on Last Post project
The Last Post, a mass participation music project for 300 communities, will take place in the UK during each year of the Centenary of the First World War from 2014 to 2018. For a fortnight either side of Remembrance Sunday, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914-1918, Centenary of the First World War, Centenary of World War I, Eric Pickles, Last Post, Last Post songbooks, news, UK News, WW1
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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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RAF Museum announces World War I Centenary events
Throughout 2014 the Royal Air Force Museum will be hosting various events that will commemorate the outbreak of World War I. Three events have already been announced A story workshop for children, entitled Where the Poppies Now Grow, will be … Continue reading
Scottish football club unveils World War I Centenary kit
Scottish football club Raith Rovers has unveiled a new away strip that commemorates the sacrifice made by its players during World War I. The Kirkcaldy club wanted to mark the Centenary of World War I and to pay tribute to … Continue reading
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