Two new exhibitions have been launched at Manchester Art Gallery to mark the First World War Centenary: ‘The Sensory War 1914-2014’ and ‘Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War’.
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UK to pay back outstanding First World War debt
The British government has announced that it will repay all of the nation’s outstanding First World War debt in 2015.
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Artist and museum collaborate on First World War centenary exhibition
New Zealand Artist, Michael Parekowhai, has collaborated with Auckland War Memorial Museum for the First World War Centenary Exhibition.
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Lieutenant Frank de Pass, the first person of the Jewish faith and the first Indian Army Officer to receive Victoria Cross
On November 25 2014, UK Communities Secretary Eric Pickles joined tributes to Lieutenant Frank de Pass, the first person of the Jewish faith and the first Indian Army Officer to receive the Victoria Cross at an event in Whitehall.
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Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for November 2014
On November 30th 2014, Dennis Cross published the latest instalment to his Centennial Countdown blog. Here is his email summary
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Christmas truce: British general wrote of ‘extraordinary state of affairs’ at the front
A rare account of the Christmas truce has come to light in a newly discovered letter written by General Sir Walter Congreve on Christmas Day 1914.
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Australian War Memorial opens refurbished First World War Galleries
The Australian War Memorial’s redeveloped First World War Galleries have opened to the public, featuring a permanent exhibition, Australia in the Great War.
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Christmas truce: schools host UK & German envoys for memorial opening
The German and UK Ambassadors to Belgium have unveiled a new memorial to the 1914 Christmas truce at a ceremony organised by students from British and German schools.
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Christmas truce: UK diplomats kick off Centenary football events worldwide
British diplomats around the world are hosting a series of football matches to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War Christmas truce.
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100 years on: remembering the sailors lost at Coronel and the Falkland Islands
British and German representatives take part in joint First World War commemorations being held on the centenary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands today (December 8th 2014).
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