A photographic exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa highlights the impact of the First World War on Newfoundland and Labrador.
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UK protects German U-boat wreck in the Channel
The wreck site of a German submarine sunk off the Kent coast during the First World War has been given protected status by the British Government.
Continue reading‘Ambulance Trains’ – UK rail museum Centenary exhibition
An exhibition at Britain's National Railway Museum in York highlights the work of ambulance trains used to move wounded First World War soldiers.
Continue reading‘Wounded’ – Science Museum examines WW1 medical advances
An exhibition marking the Somme Centenary at London's Science Museum considers the medical challenges posed by the advent of industrialised warfare in 1914-18.
Continue reading‘100 Cities’ campaign to restore US war memorials for 2017 Centennial
The US Centennial Commission and Chicago’s Pritzker Military Museum & Library have launched a new initiative ahead of next year’s centennial commemorations to restore old World War I monuments.
Continue readingFirst World War ‘Shakespeare Hut’ exhibition in London
The story of a 'forgotten' building that entertained First World War soldiers with Shakespeare's plays is being rediscovered for the Centenary.
Continue reading‘Light in the Darkest Hour’ – Somme Centenary tribute at Shorncliffe
Hundreds of lanterns have been lit on First World War soldiers’ graves at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery in the UK as part of commemorations marking the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme.
Continue readingZeppelin crash centenary to be marked in UK village
The forced-landing of a German Zeppelin near the village of Little Wigorough in eastern England 100 years ago will be marked with a programme of events in September 2016.
Continue readingSurviving HMS Falmouth naval boat to be restored at Portsmouth
A ship’s boat from the British cruiser HMS Falmouth, torpedoed in the North Sea in August 1916, has arrived at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for restoration.
Continue readingBritish WW1 warship HMS Falmouth ‘recreated’ on centenary of sinking
A Royal Navy cruiser torpedoed in August 1916 has been visualised as a 3D model in her last resting place beneath the waters of the North Sea.
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