The University of Newcastle in Australia is organising a conference considering the local, global and imperial perspectives of the First World War.
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UK Navy Museum exhibition challenges ‘Myth and Memory of Gallipoli’
A new exhibition, described as 'challenging the historical perceptions' of the Gallipoli campaign, runs at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, from March 28th 2015 – January 31st 2016.
Continue reading‘Earth and Steel’ – Display of Great War archaeology in Arras
The French city of Arras hosts an exhibition of First World War archaeology, starting on April 9th 2015, the 98th anniversary of the Battle of Arras.
Continue readingSix British First World War soldiers reburied in Belgium
Six British soldiers, killed in action in October 1914, are to be reburied at Prowse Point military cemetery in Belgium on April 16th 2015.
Continue readingGallipoli Centenary: Wellington’s Anzac Week events
The New Zealand capital, Wellington, hosts a week of commemorations to mark the Centenary of the Gallipoli landings from April 18th 2015.
Continue readingGas gas attack centenary remembrance – Ypres April 22
Commemorations marking the first large-scale chemical weapons attack in the Great War will take place in Belgium on April 22nd 2015, the 100th anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Ypres.
Continue readingRupert Brooke exhibition opens in Skyros, Greece
'Rupert Brooke on Skyros: and Aegean corner of a foreign field' has opened on the Greek island of Skyros to commemorate the anniversary of the poet's death in 1915.
Continue readingGallipoli Centenary: Commonwealth & Ireland service, Cape Helles
Commonwealth and Ireland commemorations of the Gallipoli Centenary take place at the Cape Helles Memorial in Turkey on April 24th 2015.
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Gallipoli Centenary: talks, music & poetry in Ireland to remember 1915 campaign
The Irish broadcaster, RTE, and organisers of the Hay literary festival in Kells are to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings with a programme of talks, music and poetry from April 24-26th 2015.
Continue readingANZAC Day in Zonnebeke, Belgium
To mark the centenary of the landings at Gallipoli, the Memorial Museum Passchendaele will be holding a two-day event that will commemorate the event.
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