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Tag Archives: remembrance
Missing soldier’s name added to Hampshire memorial
The name of a Royal Engineer, who died in the years following the First World War, has finally been inscribed on the war memorial at Andover in Hampshire, 95 years after it was erected. Corporal Reginald Robbins’ name was recorded … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914-1918, Andover, Corporal Reginald Robbins, First World War Centenary, remembrance, Royal Engineers, Spanish flu, UK News, War memorials, WW1
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Tower of London poppy designer shares feelings
Designer Tom Piper, who laid out the Tower of London poppy memorial, has spoken of his surprise and emotion at the public’s response to the artwork. Emotional moment He said: ‘It was a wonderful thing to see it finished. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 November, Moat Tower of London, Paul Cummins, poppies, remembrance, Tom Piper, Tower of London
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Appeal for Lost Gardens of Heligan Centenary performance
Cornwall’s Lost Gardens of Heligan and Wildworks Theatre Company have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to sow a living stage made of poppies to mark the Centenary of the First World War. Heligan’s West Lawn has been ploughed … Continue reading
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Tagged 100: The Day Our World Changed, 1914, 1918, Centenary of the First World War, Cornwall, crowdfunding, First World War Centenary, Lost Gardens of Heligan, news, poppy, remembrance, seeds, Soldiers of the Great War, UK News, Wildworks Theatre Company
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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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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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CWGC unveils first Belgian info panels
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has placed the first of up to 65 Visitor Information Panels in Belgium. They are at Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension and the Potijze Chateau Cemeteries. Some 500 such panels are due to be installed … Continue reading
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Tagged battlefields, Belgium, centenary, CWGC, information, remembrance, tourism, visitors, war graves
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 