The main body of New Zealand troops who enlisted to fight in the First World War sailed from Wellington on October 16th 1914.
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The UK Guardian marks the centenary with an online interactive documentary
The Guardian online First World War documentary, launched in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.
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Update on ‘Light Front’- tonight’s torchlight Western Front commemoration in Belgium
More details have been released of ‘Light Front’ – the torchlight remembrance event taking place on the former Western Front in Belgium tonight (October 17th 2014).
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Queen Elizabeth visits Tower of London’s Centenary poppies
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh paid tribute to the dead of the First World War during a visit to the Tower of London’s ceramic poppy fields on October 16th 2014.
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Latest news from ‘Light Front’ – Belgium remembers the Centenary by torchlight
Centenary News reports from ‘Light Front’, the torchlight event in Western Flanders on October 17th 2014, remembering the First World War battles which engulfed the region 100 years ago.
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100 Years Ago: First Battle of Ypres starts
The historic Belgian town of Ypres became the focus of a protracted battle between the Allied and German armies in the latter half of October 1914.
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Menin Gate Lions arrive at Canadian War Museum for ‘Fighting in Flanders’ exhibition
Australia’s Menin Gate Lions have been unveiled at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, where they will feature in a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.
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Latest photos of Tower of London’s ceramic poppy fields
Centenary News reader James Crawford has sent us photos that he took yesterday, Sunday 19th October, of the ceramic poppy fields at the Tower of London.
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£11.5m UK lottery grant awarded to transform Battle of Jutland veteran HMS Caroline
The UK Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £11.5 million to the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to conserve and restore HMS Caroline, the only survivor of the 1916 Battle of Jutland.
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Sport and the First World War to be marked at London Sports Writing Festival this week
The role of sportsmen in the First World War will be discussed at talks being held as part of the London Sports Writing Festival, starting on October 23rd 2014 at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
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