The Gallipoli Association has launched a companion site to promote learning and international collaboration within schools – the Gallipoli Centenary Education Project.
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Gallipoli Centenary Education Project launches
The Gallipoli Association has launched a companion site to promote learning and international collaboration within schools – the Gallipoli Centenary Education Project.
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Article: Remembering female munitions workers of the First World War
An article in The Guardian highlights the vital role women played in the war effort, particularly in munitions production.
Continue readingGas gas attack centenary remembrance – Ypres April 22
Commemorations marking the first large-scale chemical weapons attack in the Great War will take place in Belgium on April 22nd 2015, the 100th anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Ypres.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Second Battle of Ypres
April 22nd 1915: Germany launched its only Western Front offensive of the year, extensively using deadly chemicals for the first time.
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Commemoration event marks anniversary of mass killings of Armenians
The event has been held in the Armenian capital Yerevan. The Armenians describe the killings as genocide. The Turkish government rejects the use of the term.
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100 Years Ago Today: the death of the English poet Rupert Brooke
The British poet died on his way to Gallipoli 100 years ago today on April 23rd 1915. The poet is well known in the UK – mainly for his sonnet ‘The Solider’.
Continue reading“If I should die think only this of me”: the death of Rupert Brooke
The English poet Rupert Brooke died on April 23rd 1915 en route to Gallipoli. Peter Biles has written this feature about his death for Centenary News. His grandfather, Harry Biles, was part of the group that went ashore to bury Brooke.
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Book Review – Forever England: The Life of Rupert Brooke
Centenary News Review: ‘As Rupert Brooke prophesied in his sonnet ‘The Soldier’, there is now a ‘corner of a foreign field/ That is forever England’ on the Greek island of Skyros. On April 23rd 1915, on his way to fight in the Gallipoli campaign, Brooke died from sepsis resulting from a mosquito bite. Mike Read’s biography, Forever England, which has been updated for the anniversary of his death, aims to reveal the man behind the poems by exploring his life and legacy.’
Continue reading“If I should die think only this of me”: the death of Rupert Brooke
The English poet Rupert Brooke died on April 23rd 1915 en route to Gallipoli. Peter Biles has written this feature about his death for Centenary News. His grandfather, Harry Biles, was part of the group that went ashore to bury Brooke.
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