May 1917: Britain introduced transatlantic convoys to protect merchant ships from an increasingly dangerous German U-boat campaign.
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Rare Ottoman Great War carpet for Australian War Memorial
A silk carpet commemorating Turkey’s victory over Allied naval power in the Dardanelles in March 1915 has been acquired by the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
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A crowd funding campaign has been launched to display a British artist’s poignant tribute to the fallen of the Great War in London for the November 2018 Armistice Centenary.
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100 Years Ago: Britain’s Mercantile Marine and its first convoys
Britain introduced transatlantic convoys in May 1917 to protect merchant ships from an increasingly dangerous German U-boat campaign.
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100 Years Ago: Britain’s Mercantile Marine and its first convoys
Britain introduced transatlantic convoys in May 1917 to protect merchant ships from an increasingly dangerous German U-boat campaign.
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Centenary exhibition to mark CWGC’s founding
An exhibition to mark the Centenary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission opens at Brookwood Military Cemetery in the UK on 20 May 2017.
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100 Years Ago: Commonwealth War Graves Commission founded
The Imperial War Graves Commission – later renamed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – was created by Royal Charter on 21 May 1917 to remember the Great War dead of Britain and its Dominions in perpetuity.
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CWGC opens ‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ Centenary exhibition
An exhibition marking the Centenary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has opened at Brookwood Military Cemetery, CWGC’s largest site in the UK.
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The False Armistice – 7 November 1918
In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.
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The False Armistice – 7 November 1918
In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.
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