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Interest in ANZAC Day grows in France

Posted on April 25, 2013 by DH

ANZAC Day, held every year on 25 April, and commemorating the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps’ (ANZAC) 1915 landing at Gallipoli, has an increasing resonance in France, reports France 24. More than 8,700 Australians died at Gallipoli, along with … Continue reading →

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Hislop and Palin join forces on Wipers Times film

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DH

Michael Palin is to star in a BBC Two film about a satirical magazine published during World War I, reports chortle.co.uk. The film, The Wipers Times, has been written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman and is based on the … Continue reading →

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Footballer and First World War VC winner Donald Bell

Posted on February 24, 2013 by DH

Second Lieutenant Donald Simpson Bell was the only professional footballer to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War. A native of Harrogate, Yorkshire, he trained as a teacher at Westminster College, London, and was appointed assistant master … Continue reading →

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