Patricia Hammond has studied the background and styles of musicians and singers who performed WW1 popular songs – and is now on a UK tour.
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A Childhood Delight: How, 100 Years Ago, Compassion Helped Create a Literary Favourite
Centenary News writer, Christopher Harvie, tells the story of how an act of kindness from a Canadian Lieutenant 100 years ago led to a literary legend beloved by millions around the world.
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‘Fighting in Flanders’ – Canadian War Museum explores ‘Gas. Mud. Memory’
Centenary News writer, Christopher Harvie, discusses the Canadian War Museum’s special exhibition ‘Fighting in Flanders – Gas. Mud. Memory,’ dedicated to Canada’s experience on the Western Front.
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How World War One changed the car you drive today
Carwow blogger James Allen shares with Centenary News his piece on how the First World War impacted the automotive industry and the contributions of automobile makers to the war effort.
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Author details the story of a WWI nurse and her connection to the famous Nurse Edith Cavell
Nurse historian, Narelle O’Rourke, has written an article for Cenenary News about her fascination with Nurse Edith Cavell and her journey in uncovering the story of another WWI nurse with connections to Nurse Cavell.
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Dulmial: the Pakistani ‘village with the gun’ honouring WW1 soldiers who fought for Britain
A cannon displayed in the Pakistani village of Dulmial honours 460 soldiers who fought for Britain in the First World War. Dr Irfan Malik and Michael Noble tell the remarkable story.
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An article about the International Speaker Series with the Canadian War Museum
Centenary News writer, Christopher Harvie, spoke with Dr Andrew Burtch, Acting Director of Research for the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa to discuss the museum’s International Speaker Series, an initiative giving different perspectives to the history of the First World War.
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Flanders Revisited. Highlights from ‘Lichtfront 2014’
Centenary News writer, Jillian Davidson, gives a personal account of her journey through Belgium as part of ‘Lichtfront 2014’, an interactive event following the Front Line as it existed at the time of the ceasefire in the autumn of 1914.
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Reflections on the Scarborough bombardment remembrance event
On Tuesday, 16th December 2014, the Centenary News editor attended the remembrance event in Scarborough, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the bombardment of the seaside town. Here’s his personal reflections of his visit.
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Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas. What a difference a month makes
It took just a month for the realities of war to strike home for Captain Cuthbert Lucas. Here, in a third extract for Centenary News from his letters home, he describes the increasingly desperate conditions his ‘Biscuit Boys’ were facing.
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