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Memorial to Royal Leicestershire Regiment at National Arboretum

A memorial to the Royal Leicestershire Regiment will be dedicated at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on Saturday 27 September 2014 – the 326th anniversary of the founding of the Regiment. India service The Regiment was conferred with the … Continue reading

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Shot at dawn pamphlet published online

A campaigning contemporary pamphlet, designed to draw attention to the British army’s relatively common and often arbitrary use of the death penalty, has been made available online. Entitled Shootings at Dawn and written by Ernest Thurtle MP, it uses extracts … Continue reading

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The first Flying Corps casualties of the First World War

In August 1914 the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) began its deployment to France. On the 12th, the Corps lost its first casualties, when one of its aircraft came down soon after take off. Second-lieutenant Robin Skene and air mechanic Raymond … Continue reading

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Serbian leaders to attend Princip statue unveiling

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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First World War memorial rededicated in Gateshead

A two-tonne marble memorial has been rededicated in Gateshead as part of commemorations of the Centenary of the First World War. The memorial has been rededicated in a prime position overlooking the Tyne in the grounds of St Mary’s Heritage … Continue reading

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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

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WW1 exhibition comes to London Transport Museum

Goodbye Piccadilly – from Home Front to Western Front will open at the London Transport Museum on 16 May 2014. The exhibition will tell the story of Londoners during the First World War and will consider how the conflict affected … Continue reading

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Ceramic poppies to fill Tower of London’s moat

The Tower of London moat is due to planted with 888,246 ceramic poppies as part of Britain’s First World War Centenary commemorations. The poppies are being created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, who says he was inspired by the writings … Continue reading

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War Horse screening marks Centenary at National Memorial Arboretum

An outdoor screening of Stephen Spielberg’s film War Horse will be held at the National Memorial Arboretum on 22 July as part of the centre’s commemorations of the Centenary of the First World War. The event follows the recent visit … Continue reading

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Duke of Kent visits CWGC sites in Bulgaria

HRH the Duke of Kent, president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), visited Bulgaria recently to attend a ceremony to remember the fallen of the First World War. The Duke travelled to CWGC sites in Sofia and Plovdiv and said: … Continue reading

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