The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is sharing 120 personal stories of men and women who died in the last three months of the First World War, from the Battle of Amiens to the Armistice.
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Chelmsford’s leaf ‘Tommy’ in Centenary vigil
This foliage sculpture of a soldier stands in Chelmsford, Essex. Created by the city council for the final WW1 Centenary year, Tommy’s vigil will continue until claimed by approaching winter frosts. (Photo: Centenary News)
Continue readingPoppy sculpture ‘Wave’ in Centenary finale at IWM North
Wave, one of the touring Tower of London poppy sculptures, is going on display at Imperial War Museums’ waterfront site in Manchester, its final stop of the First World War Centenary.
Continue reading‘Diggers & Doughboys’ – special exhibition at US National WWI Museum
A century of military ties between Australia and America, beginning on the Western Front in 1918, is explored through art in a new exhibition opening at the US National WWI Museum & Memorial, Kansas City.
Continue reading100 Years Ago – Last Push against Bulgaria from Salonika
Allied troops started their final advance on the Macedonian Front on 15 September 1918, knocking Bulgaria out of the First World War two weeks later.
Continue readingCall for Papers -The First World War: Past, Present, Future
The First World War Network of early career and postgraduate researchers is seeking papers for a conference in Edinburgh in June 2019 embracing multiple aspects of WW1.
Continue readingNew Zealand events marking Le Quesnoy Centenary
New Zealand announces more details of events taking place in France on November 4 to mark the centenary of its last major First World War action – the liberation of Le Quesnoy.
Continue readingProject launches to trace WW1 Belgian refugees
Researchers are trying to discover more about the stories of 250,000 refugees who came to Britain from Belgium after Germany invaded in August 1914.
Continue readingLatest Armistice Centenary exhibitions open at IWM
Four exhibitions have opened at the Imperial War Museum in London as part of Making a New World – IWM’s season of events for the close of the First World War Centenary.
Continue reading‘Battle of the Ancre’ film in Bristol for Armistice Centenary
The official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme in 1916 will be screened in Bristol, with live music, as part of an Armistice Centenary tour in November.
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