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A National Inventory Of Memorials to be Established

Sunday Telegraph’s campaign to save the nation’s war memorials from disrepair and vandalism shows signs of success.

Flemish Government to invest 20m ahead of an influx of visitors to Belgium for the WW1 Centenary.

A Remembrance Day service will be held on Twitter on Friday and Sunday, reports TheGuardian.

The IWM is collaborating with Flickr to publish a photo of one WW1 Soldier per day until the Centenary in 2014.

Councils across Wales come under pressure to form Centenary plans.

The HLF announces it will donate money to local groups across the country who are marking the Centenary.

The British Library will work with Europeana Collections to collate European WW1 material.

The History Group of New Zealand’s Ministry for Culture and Heritage is developing several Centenary projects.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the green light for funding to support the IWM’s Centenary Galleries.

Anglo-Irish Photographer Mike Sheil is planning an international photography exhibition with a twist.