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Tag Archives: France
WW1 archeology exhibition in Ypres
Ypres’ In Flanders Fields museum is focusing its attention on the subterranean relics of war this year. Entitled Traces of War, WW1 Archeology the museum’s fascinating new exhibition explores the strata of buried First World War remains that lie less … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Soldiers of the Great War
Tagged archeology, Belgium, exhibitions, France, In Flanders Fields museum, Traces of War WW1 Archeology, WW1
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Epic Nevinson painting leads Sotheby’s sale
One of the greatest works produced by British war artist Christopher (CRW) Nevinson will go on sale at Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art Sale on 21 November. Entitled A Dawn, the powerful image depicts a unit of French infantry, … Continue reading
French soldier’s bedroom preserved for almost 100 years
A First World War French dragoon officer’s bedroom has been preserved for almost 100 years exactly as he left it in 1918. Second Lieutenant Hubert Rochereau lived with his parents in the village of Bélâbre in central France. When he … Continue reading
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Tagged Belabre, Belgium, First World War Centenary, France, France news, Hubert Rochereau, news, UK News, WW1
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La Grand Guerre at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge is marking the Centenary of the First World War with an exhibition entitled: La Grande Guerre: French prints of the First World War. The display comprises 36 colour lithographs and woodcuts from the print series La … Continue reading
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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Remembering Charles Chilton: writer of Oh What a Lovely War!
Charles Chilton, who died on 2 January at the age of 95, was a writer and producer who was responsible for several well-known classic BBC series such as Lost in Space and Riders of the Range. He also wrote the … Continue reading
A British Tommy recalls Christmas Truce of 1914
Sergeant Alfred Anderson is believed to have been the last survivor of the Christmas Truce. He was aged 18 on 24 December 1914 and serving as a private in the Black Watch on the Western Front. Some 90 years later … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Black Watch Highlanders, Christmas Truce 1914, France, peace, Western Front
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Canadian War Museum secures VC medal of sergeant Herman Good
The Canadian War Museum has acquired a Victoria Cross awarded to sergeant Herman James Good on 8 August 1918. He was one of four Canadian soldiers to be awarded the VC on the first day of the Amiens Offensive, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Infantry Battalion, 1916, 1918, 8 August 1918, Amiens, Bathurst, Battle of Amiens 1918, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian War Museum, Centenary of World War I, Ernest Robert Good, France, Herman Good, New Brunswick, VC, Victoria Cross
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Heroic World War I women remembered at Etaples
The CWGC has installed new visitor information panels (VIP) at Etaples Military Cemetery in France. The smartphone technology embedded within this panel reveals the contribution made by women during World War I and features the stories of 32-year-old Nursing Sister Dorothea … Continue reading
First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 