A centenary project in Lincolnshire has been awarded a £423,500 grant from the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund for a project highlighting the county’s role in pioneering First World War aviation.
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Wreck of Jutland warship HMS Warrior found in North Sea
Marine archaeologists have discovered the last missing wreck from the Battle of Jutland, 100 years after the biggest naval clash of the First World War.
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‘The World Remembers’ – 1916 memorial event opens
The Canadian War Museum is among 60 institutions globally hosting the 2016 screening of The World Remembers’ – a video project commemorating the dead of the Great War.
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Centennial Countdown Blog for September 2016 – the race for the White House in 1916
The start of the American Presidential election campaign 100 years ago features in the fifth anniversary Centennial Countdown posted by US blogger Dennis Cross, published on 30 September 2016.
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Vigils remember Virginia’s First World War soldiers.
Vigils were held in Virginia on 17 September 2016 in memory of the US state’s soldiers who served in the Great War.
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US Centennial Commission signs partnership deal with Belgium
America’s WWI Centennial Commission and the Belgian Federal Government have signed an agreement to ‘share experience, knowledge and technical means’ ahead of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of US entry into the First World War.
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Two unknown WW1 soldiers buried at Commonwealth cemetery in France
Two British First World War soldiers whose identities remain unknown a century after they fell have been laid to rest on the former battlefields of Loos in Northern France.
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November exhibition focuses on New Zealand brothers’ WW1 naval sketches
Rare drawings of the First World War at sea by brothers Esmond and Hal Atkinson will be displayed at an exhibition in Petone, New Zealand, from 3-23 November 2016.
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CWGC highlights ‘forgotten’ Salonika Front
A remembrance service has been hosted by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Greece as part of a joint effort with the British Embassy in Athens to raise awareness of those lost in the Salonika campaign.
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Tower of London Poppies – 2017 UK display dates
Six venues have been chosen to host the next displays of the touring poppy installations, Wave and Weeping Window, the UK’s First World War Centenary arts programme, 14-18 NOW, has announced.
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