Today (September 22nd 2014) marks the 100th anniversary of attacks by German warships in the Bay of Bengal, the Pacific Ocean and the North Sea.
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Australian War Memorial’s ‘Menin Gate Lions’ go on loan for Centenary
A pair of stone lions from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be lent to Canada for a First World War Centenary exhibition.
Continue readingTahiti remembers the First World War in the Pacific
A series of events begin in Papeete, capital of French Polynesia, on September 22nd 2014 to remember the First World War in the Pacific.
Continue readingRetired teacher from Leicester starts blog featuring her grandfather’s Western Front diary
Angela Walker, a retired teacher from Leicester in the UK, has started a blog featuring the daily entries of a diary kept by her grandfather – who was posted to France between 1914 and 1916 with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Continue readingCentenary update: London ‘Battle Bus’ at the Last Post in Ypres
London Transport Museum’s 1914 ‘Battle Bus’ took part in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate, Ypres, on September 20th 2014 as part of its Centenary tour.
Continue reading‘Screaming Steel’ – Exhibition in UK city of Newcastle captures horrors of the War
An exhibition examining artistic and literary responses to the horrors suffered by First World War soldiers can be seen at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, until December 13th 2014.
Continue reading‘Screaming Steel’ – Exhibition in UK city of Newcastle captures horrors of the War
An exhibition examining artistic and literary responses to the horrors suffered by First World War soldiers can be seen at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, until December 13th 2014.
Continue readingWar Graves Commission founder Fabian Ware remembered with Blue Plaque
Sir Fabian Ware, founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission, has been honoured today (September 25th 2014) with the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque at his former London home.
Continue reading‘Light Front 14’ – Torchlight remembrance of the Western Front in Belgium
Thousands of flaming torches will light up the former Western Front in Belgium on October 17th 2014, commemorating the line as it stood 100 years ago.
Continue reading‘The Orient in Bohemia?’ Prague exhibition remembering First World War Jewish refugees
The Jewish Museum in Prague focuses on Jewish refugees who fled the Eastern Front with an exhibition running until February 1st 2015.
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