The buglers of Ypres will sound the 30,000th Last Post tonight, with the event streamed live worldwide.
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30,000th Last Post: County Durham fire stations in UK host July 9 tributes
Fire stations in the County Durham area of Northern England will be among those hosting tributes marking the 30,000th Last Post ceremony in Ypres on July 9th 2015.
Continue reading30,000th Last Post: Ypres’ UK twin town joins tribute
The Kent town of Sittingbourne is taking part in the international commemoration marking the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post in Ypres.
Continue reading30,000th Last Post at the Menin Gate
The Last Post will be sounded for the 30,000th time at the Menin Gate in Ypres on July 9th 2015.
Continue readingGlobal tributes mark 30,000th Last Post in Ypres
Worldwide tributes accompanied the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, in Ypres, on July 9th 2015.
Continue readingBudapest exhibition opens for Great War Centenary
Hungary’s role in the First World War is explored in a Centenary exhibition which has opened in Budapest.
Continue readingBrussels conference to debate ‘impact of Great War on nations and nationalism’
Academics gather in Brussels in October 2015 for an international conference focussing on the First World War as a key event in the development of the European nation state.
Continue readingUndeveloped First World War negatives discovered in German library archives
Centenary News writer, Katherine Quinlan-Flatter, describes how her research into the life of a young German doctor at the Western Front has led her to rediscover an undeveloped film of the last days of the war in a German archive.
Continue readingUndeveloped First World War negatives discovered in German library archives
Centenary News writer, Katherine Quinlan-Flatter, describes how her research into the life of a young German doctor at the Western Front has led her to rediscover an undeveloped film of the last days of the war in a German archive.
Continue readingSomme Centenary 2016 – ticket limit for Lochnagar Crater service
Entry to the Somme commemoration service at Lochnagar Crater on July 1st 2016 is to be restricted to 5,000 ticket holders for safety reasons.
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