The bell from SS Mendi, the ship sunk in 1917 with the loss of more than 600 black South African troops, is being temporarily displayed on the Isle of Wight from September 25-29.
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US Navy surveys wreck of WWI cruiser sunk in 1918
The United States Navy is surveying the wreck of USS San Diego, the only major American warship lost in the First World War.
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Somme ceremony honours Indian troops of the Great War
Tributes have been paid in France to 320 Indian First World War troops buried at La Chapelette British & Indian cemetery near Péronne.
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First ‘100 Cities/100 Memorials’ grant winners announced in US
The first US war memorial restoration projects to win grants under a centennial initiative have been announced by the US WWI Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
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‘A Soldier’s Journey’ explored – with US WWI Memorial sculptor Sabin Howard
US sculptor Sabin Howard tells Centenary News how a visit to New Zealand is helping to shape his designs for America’s new National World War I Memorial.
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‘A Soldier’s Journey’ explored – with US WWI Memorial sculptor Sabin Howard
US sculptor Sabin Howard tells Centenary News how a visit to New Zealand is helping to shape his designs for America's new National World War I Memorial.
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19 First World War soldiers buried at Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium
Nineteen soldiers of the British Army who fell on the battlefields of Flanders have been laid to rest at New Irish Farm CWGC cemetery near Ypres.
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New Zealand to commemorate its 1917 day of disaster at Passchendaele
New Zealand will hold a series of centenary events in October to commemorate the sacrifices of its troops who fought at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
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Australia pledges new Menin Gate Lions for Ypres
Replicas of the historic Menin Gate Lions will be presented as a First World War Centenary gift to Ieper (Ypres), the Australian Government announces.
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Call to sow ‘Ribbon of Poppies’ for 2018
Hundreds of pledges have been received in support of a call to sow swathes of poppies for the final year of the First World War Centenary.
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