Tag Archives: First World War

WW1 vintage champagne sells for £5,600

Posted on October 24, 2014 by DH

A bottle of Pol Roger 1914 – Winston Churchill’s favourite vintage of his favourite wine – which has lain undisturbed in the cellars of the champagne house for 100 years, was sold at auction house Bonhams’ Fine Wine Sale in London on … Continue reading →

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Serbian leaders to attend Princip statue unveiling

Posted on June 27, 2014 by DH

The Serbian prime minister and president are to attend a ceremony in Sarajevo to unveil a statue of Gavrilo Princip, the young student who assassinated the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The shooting, on 28 June 1914, provided the spark that … Continue reading →

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German WW1 heroine remembered in TV drama

Posted on May 29, 2014 by DH

A German TV show is focusing on Clara Immerwahr, the first German woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry. She and her husband, Fritz Haber, invented the process by which ammonia is produced to this day. Poison gas During … Continue reading →

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Duke of Cambridge backs Football Remembers project

Posted on May 11, 2014 by DH

The Duke of Cambridge has announced his support for Football Remembers, a national commemoration that will mark the centenary of the Christmas Truce in 1914. Professional, amateur and school football teams will join in a series of activities between now and … Continue reading →

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Old soldiers of St Pancras cemetery, London

Posted on April 23, 2014 by DH

The CWGC section of the St Pancras cemetery in north London includes the headstones of a number of soldiers who were well into their forties and fifties when they died either in the final months of the First World War … Continue reading →

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Paddington War Memorial, London

Posted on April 22, 2014 by DH

The First World War memorial in Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn, London. Rather unusual in that it’s not the conventional Cross of Sacrifice that one tends to see in most city cemeteries where there is a CWGC section.

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War artist CRW Nevinson tops bill at London print sale

Posted on March 24, 2014 by DH

Black and white First World War studies by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (British, 1889-1946) will be on sale at the Grosvenor School & Avant-Garde British Printmaking auction at Bonhams, New Bond Street on 15 April 2014. The top lot in … Continue reading →

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First World War seminar at National Army Museum

Posted on February 28, 2014 by DH

On 15 March the National Army Museum will be running a whole-day seminar entitled The Armies in 1914. The event runs from 9.30am until 5.30pm and is free to enter. On the agenda are a series of talks from a … Continue reading →

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German War Graves Commission launches WW1 website

Posted on February 28, 2014 by DH

The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (VDK) – the German War Graves Commission – has launched a Centenary website. It features information and projects relating to the Centenary of the First World War. The site also enables visitors to search for the … Continue reading →

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Remains of missing World War I soldier found on Somme battlefield

Posted on November 29, 2013 by DH

Remains of a missing World War I soldier were discovered last week near the Ulster Tower memorial on the Somme battlefield. They were found as a mechanical digger was operating as part of plans to improve the parking area and … Continue reading →

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