Commemorations are being held in Scarborough and Hartlepool on December 16th 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of their bombardment by the Imperial German Navy.
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Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas. What a difference a month makes
It took just a month for the realities of war to strike home for Captain Cuthbert Lucas. Here, in a third extract for Centenary News from his letters home, he describes the increasingly desperate conditions his 'Biscuit Boys' were facing.
Continue readingYour Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas. What a difference a month makes
It took just a month for the realities of war to strike home for Captain Cuthbert Lucas. Here, in a third extract for Centenary News from his letters home, he describes the increasingly desperate conditions his ‘Biscuit Boys’ were facing.
Continue readingDescendants of Gallipoli campaign invited to take part in London commemoration event
Descendants of the Galipoli campaign have been invited by the British government to take part in a commemoration event – to be held in London in April 2015
Continue readingCentenary Update: UK’s first air raid victims honoured in Great Yarmouth
The victims of the first air raid on Britain, carried out by German Zeppelins during the First World War, were remembered in the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth on January 19th 2015.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Britain launched its first set-piece offensive on the Western Front on March 10th 1915, attacking the Germans at Neuve Chapelle in Northern France.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Allied naval assault on the Dardanelles
An armada of British and French warships attempted to force the Turkish Dardanelles Strait on March 18th 1915.
Continue readingTurkey starts programme of events to mark Centenary of Gallipoli campaign
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leads commemoration of Gallipoli campaign.
Continue readingNew Zealand launches Gallipoli Centenary app
New Zealand has released a new computer app exploring the Gallipoli campaign as part of its Centenary commemorations.
Continue readingNew Zealand launches Gallipoli Centenary app
New Zealand has released a new computer app exploring the Gallipoli campaign as part of its Centenary commemorations.
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