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Tag Archives: Flanders
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
Posted in Events, News
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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Welsh Memorial Flanders seeks completion funds
The campaign to create a memorial to the Welsh soldiers who lost their lives in Flanders during World War I has raised more than £30,000, but requires a further £60,000 to complete its plans. The monument will comprise a cromlech, … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged 1916, 1917, 1918, 38th Welsh Division, Belgium, Flanders, Hedd Wyn poet 1917, Langemark, Mametz, Pilkem Ridge, Somme, Wales, Welsh Memorial Flanders, World War I Centenary
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Medal of Staffordshire Regiment soldier found in Midlands garden
A British gardening enthusiast has discovered two long-lost World War I medals in his potato patch. Roger Aston, of Smethwick in the West Midlands, found one German and one British medal. The latter was awarded to 33-year-old Private Francis Hubball, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1917, Belgium, centenary, Flanders, Hubble, lost, Medals, news, Private Francis Hubball, Smethwick, Soldiers of the Great War, Staffordshire Regiment, William Henry Chance
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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
First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 