The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War is discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015.
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Art installation honours teenage war dead
An art installion, created as part of the Belper Arts Festival, remembers local teenagers who fought and died during the First World War.
Continue reading‘Sand and Snow: Global War 1915’ exhibition opens in United States
"The special exhibition Sand to Snow: Global War 1915 examines the vast reach of this worldwide conflict, and runs from May 2015 – April 2016 at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri."
Continue readingCentenary Update on remembering the Gretna troop train crash
Princess Anne attends commemorations in Scotland on May 22nd/23rd 2015 marking the centenary of the rail disaster which killed more than 200 troops.
Continue readingScotland marks 100th anniversary of Gretna troop train disaster
The worst rail disaster in UK history will be remembered on May 22/23rd as part of Scotland's First World War Centenary commemorations in 2015.
Continue readingStirling remembers landing of Scottish soldiers at Gallipoli
The Scottish city of Stirling hosts a national commemoration to mark the 100th anniversary of the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division arriving in Gallipoli.
Continue readingTalbot House Rose presented to Lord Mayor of London
A poppy-like rose cultivated for the Centenary of Talbot House, the WW1 British soldiers' club in Poperinge, will be presented to the Lord Mayor of London on June 11th 2015.
Continue readingConference in The Hague restages Versailles Treaty talks
The controversial peace treaties which ended the First World War will be renegotiated by young people as part of an international conference in The Hague from June 22nd-26th 2015.
Continue readingCall For Papers: Tourism, Leisure and War at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal
The Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal has issued a call for papers for its upcoming conference on Tourism, Leisure and War, which will be held on June 25th, 26th and 27th
Continue reading‘The Dreamers’ – new musical remembering soldiers lost at sea off Gallipoli
A musical telling the story of a British officer and his soldiers who drowned at sea off Gallipoli is being performed at the St James Theatre, London, from June 30th-July 11th 2015.
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