Britain has unveiled plaques commemorating 175 men from overseas who were awarded the UK’s highest military honour – the Victoria Cross – during the First World War.
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Centenary News in Brief: 21st – 27th June 2014
Centenary News in Brief this week includes: The namesakes of Blackadder’s First World War characters have been revealed in records from the conflict; Leicester’s Cenotaph is being restored for the Centenary; the US National World War I Museum’s Museum Archivist vists Vienna & Sarajevo; singer Lucy Ward marks the Centenary at the music festival Glastonbury.
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Historian Margaret MacMillan charts daily events leading up to the First World War for BBC Radio 4
On the eve of the centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, BBC Radio 4 is launching a daily programme charting the road to war in 1914.
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Events in Sarajevo mark the Centenary of the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of the Archduke on June 28th 1914 was remembered today in series of events in Sarajevo.
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Crowd gathers for the Assassination Anniversary in Sarajevo street
The Editor of Centenary News reports from Sarajevo on how the city marked the moment when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
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100 Years Ago Today: Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Today marks exactly 100 years since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914.
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British Library exhibition: ‘Enduring War: Grief, Grit and Humour’
The British Library has developed an exhibition which explores how people in Britain coped with life during the First World War.
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Details of 600,000 Canadians added to Lives of the First World War digital database
The details of 600,000 Canadian men and women have been added to the Lives of the First World War digital database for people to add pictures and memories.
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Executed nurse Edith Cavell to feature on UK First World War Centenary coin
Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed during the First World War, is to be commemorated on a new £5 Centenary coin.
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Welsh churches apologise for “perversion of Jesus’ message” during First World War
The Union of Welsh Independent Churches has apologised for the role it played in encouraging men to enlist to fight during the First World War.
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