Schoolchildren planted poppy seeds in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street, the home of the British Prime Minister, to remember the First World War.
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First World War trench will be visitor highlight at Imperial War Museum’s new galleries in London
A recreated First World War trench, complete with the sights and sounds of battle, will be one of the highlights of permanent new galleries being opened at the Imperial War Museum in London.
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New computer app to explore Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry
The technology of the computer app is being harnessed to explore the works of the poet, Wilfred Owen, in the Centenary year of the First World War.
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Centenary News speaks to Taylor Downing, author of ‘Secret Warriors’
Centenary News’ Books Editor, Eleanor Baggley, has spoken to author Taylor Downing about his latest publication, Secret Warriors.
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Buckingham Palace publishes Royal Family’s First World War Centenary engagements
Buckingham Palace has announced full details of the First World War Centenary events to be attended by senior members of the British Royal Family on 4th August 2014.
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Princes William and Harry, and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, to mark First World War Centenary in Belgium
It’s been confirmed that Prince William, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry will be in Belgium on 4th August 2014 for events marking the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
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BBC’s Great War Controller tells Centenary News that programming has “set some really important context about the Centenary”
In an interview with Centenary News’ Ashlee Godwin, the BBC’s Great War Controller has said that programming so far has managed “to set some really important context about the Centenary”.
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Margaret MacMillan Lecture: 1914 was the “perfect storm” of circumstances for war, but conflict was not inevitable
Margaret MacMillan has delivered the Boeing Commemorative Lecture 2014 at the Australian War Memorial, where she argued that the First World War was not inevitable and that the origins of the conflict still “haunt us”.
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Lusitania was carrying First World War explosives from New York when sunk in May 1915, British files reveal
The passenger ship Lusitania was carrying munitions when it was sunk by a German submarine in May 1915, documents released by the British Government have revealed.
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UK and German Ambassadors take part in remembrance of First World War Zeebrugge Raid
The British and German Ambassadors to Belgium have attended commemorations marking the 96th anniversary of the Royal Navy’s Zeebrugge Raid during the First World War.
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