The role of sportsmen in the First World War will be discussed at talks being held as part of the London Sports Writing Festival, starting on October 23rd 2014 at Lord's Cricket Ground.
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Centenary focus for Imperial War Museum’s 2014 short film awards
Films drawing on the Imperial War Museum’s First World War archives are given prominent billing in IWM’s Short Film Festival, which opened on October 23rd 2014.
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Cenotaph vigil opens Royal British Legion’s 2014 Poppy Appeal
A sunrise to sunset vigil at the Cenotaph in London launched the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal on October 23rd 2014.
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100 Years Ago Today: The Lahore Division takes the field at Battle of Ypres
Soldiers of the Lahore Division of Britain’s colonial Indian Army went into action in Belgium for the first time on October 24th 1914. CN writer Christopher J. Harvie discusses a critical moment in the First Battle of Ypres.
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100 Years Ago Today: The Lahore Division takes the field at Battle of Ypres
Soldiers of the Lahore Division of Britain's colonial Indian Army went into action in Belgium for the first time on October 24th 1914. CN writer Christopher J. Harvie discusses a critical moment in the First Battle of Ypres.
Continue reading‘Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918)’ at the Joan Miró Foundation
The Joan Miró Foundation presents 'Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918),' an exhibition that aims to represent the visual Barcelona during the period of the First World War.
Continue readingDouble ceremony will take place on 25 October 2014 in Belgium
Visit Flanders announces that a double ceremony will take place on the 25 October 2014 to mark the centenary of the first battle of Ypres in the morrning and Zandvoorde in the afternoon.
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‘Light Front’ – Centenary torchlight remembrance in Belgium
The First World War fighting which engulfed western Belgium 100 years ago was remembered by torchlight on October 17th 2014.
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Major Centenary events coming up today: Belgium
The Belgian Federal Government hosts international commemorations in Flanders on October 28th 2014 as part of its First World War Centenary programme.
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Trail of Poppies Expedition
From April 2015 Phil Brotherton will spend roughly three months travelling across 12 countries to raise money for the Royal British Legion and the German Volksbund.
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