This article has been written for Centenary News by Bernard Hornung, the Chairman of the Anglo-Portuguese Society – about Portugal’s role in the First World War, and plans for a memorial in the UK.
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Memorials for a King & Country: Plans for tribute in UK to Portugal’s fallen
This article has been written for Centenary News by Bernard Hornung, the Chairman of the Anglo-Portuguese Society – about Portugal's role in the First World War, and plans for a memorial in the UK.
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Song released for memorial to African & Caribbean veterans of both world wars
A fund-raising single has been released by the Nubian Jak Community Trust in the UK in aid of a new memorial honouring African and Caribbean troops who fought for Britain in the First and Second World Wars.
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New Zealand Home Front exhibition opens in Auckland
The differing experiences of New Zealanders left at home during the First World War are explored in the latest centenary exhibition at Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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The differing experiences of New Zealanders left at home during the First World War are explored in the latest centenary exhibition at Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Revealed: Most popular First World War baby names
The battles of the Great War were the most popular choice for families naming babies after wartime events, research by the UK National Archives reveals.
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Ceremony in Dublin to remember 1916 Easter Rising
Ireland’s President will lead Easter Sunday commemorations in Dublin marking the centenary of the rebellion against British rule during the First World War.
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British & French leaders pay tribute on the Somme
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France remembered the fallen of the Somme during a visit to a Commonwealth cemetery on March 3rd 2016, ahead of this year’s centenary commemorations.
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‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston
Susan Werbe reviews ‘Remnants’, artist Paul Emmanuel’s installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University’s 808 Gallery in the United States.
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First World War Trials and Executions: Britain’s Traitors, Spies and Killers
Publisher’s Description:’Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. The great majority, over 80%, were hanged for murder, but in addition to this, 11 men were shot by firing squad at the Tower of London. Traitors, Spies and Killers tells the story of the most interesting and noteworthy of these executions and the crimes which led up to them.’
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