Centenary News contributor Dan Hayes reports on how the garrison of Fort Loncin, near Liège, secured an enduring place in Belgian history.
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Australia’s fallen remembered in an English country churchyard
Inspired by a call to remember the Commonwealth dead of the First World War buried in the UK, Centenary News’ Peter Alhadeff visited Wiltshire.
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Inspired by a call to remember the Commonwealth dead of the First World War buried in the UK, Centenary News' Peter Alhadeff visited Wiltshire.
Continue reading‘Martyrs’ Memorial March’: Turks commemorate Battle of Sarikamish
Thousands of Turks are taking part in a march which commemorates the First World War Battle of Sarikamish.
Continue readingFrench and German Presidents to mark Centenary in Alsace on August 3 2014
Centenary News learns that Germany’s President, Joachim Gauck, will join French President François Hollande in Alsace to mark the Centenary of the start of the First World War.
Continue readingHidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast
A practice battlefield used to train soldiers before they were sent to the Western Front has been discovered on England’s South Coast after being hidden for decades in dense undergrowth.
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Historian Dan Snow talks to Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, about a First World War practice battlefield discovered in undergrowth on the south coast of England.
Continue readingHidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast
A practice battlefield used to train soldiers before they were sent to the Western Front has been discovered in Hampshire, reports Peter Alhadeff.
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Hidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast
A practice battlefield used to train soldiers before they were sent to the Western Front has been discovered in Hampshire, reports Peter Alhadeff.
Continue readingFirst World War training trenches found in Northern Ireland
Trenches used to prepare soldiers for the Western Front have been discovered at a British Army training ground in Northern Ireland.
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