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Royal Mail issues First World War Centenary stamps

Posted on March 19, 2014 by DH

UK postal service the Royal Mail has announced plans to issue a series of commemorative stamps each year from 2014 to 2018 to mark the Centenary of the First World War. The set will feature 30 stamps, with six being … Continue reading →

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Woodland Trust launches Centenary Woods appeal

Posted on March 16, 2014 by DH

UK conservation charity the Woodland Trust is launching a project to coincide with the Centenary of the First World War. Through its Centenary Woods initiative it hopes to raise £12m, create thousands of acres of new native woodland and help … Continue reading →

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Exhibition focuses on Artists Rifles in the First World War

Posted on March 11, 2014 by DH

Artworks produced by members of the Artists Rifles – 28th (County of London) Battalion of The London Regiment – will be the focus of touring exhibition in Hampshire this April focused on the Centenary of the First World War. The … Continue reading →

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War Artists at Sea at Queen’s House, Greenwich

Posted on March 9, 2014 by DH

The 17th-century Queen’s House at Greenwich is marking this year’s Centenary of World War I with a wide-ranging display of the works of naval war artists from the 20th century. War art’s uses In the UK, official war art was … Continue reading →

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First World War exhibition at Royal Museum of the Army and of Military History, Brussels

Posted on March 8, 2014 by DH

A new exhibition at the Royal Museum of the Army and of Military History entitled 14-18, It’s Our History, explores the role of Belgium in the wider context of the First World War. The displays fit into five subject areas: … Continue reading →

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First World War seminar at National Army Museum

Posted on February 28, 2014 by DH

On 15 March the National Army Museum will be running a whole-day seminar entitled The Armies in 1914. The event runs from 9.30am until 5.30pm and is free to enter. On the agenda are a series of talks from a … Continue reading →

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Album of flowers collected on Western Front to be auctioned

Posted on February 22, 2014 by DH

A soldier’s album, filled with pressed flowers collected by during his time at the Front during the First World War, is to be auctioned in Dorchester, Dorset. The unique record was almost lost forever when it was thrown into a … Continue reading →

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Missing British soldiers to be reburied at Loos

Posted on February 7, 2014 by DH

On 14 March 2014, private William McAleer of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and 19 unknown British soldiers of the First World War will be reburied at the Loos British Cemetery in France. Private McAleer was killed in action on 26 … Continue reading →

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Exhibition focuses on Gordon Highlanders in the First World War

Posted on February 5, 2014 by DH

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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British Library launches First World War website

Posted on February 4, 2014 by DH

The UK’s British Library has launched a website dedicated to the Centenary of the First World War. It combines 50 scholarly articles about the First World War with a wide range of archive material that covers a large number of … Continue reading →

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