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December 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 years on: remembering the raids on England’s North Sea coast

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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January 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

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.

Author: Steve Warburton
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January 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

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.

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January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Descendants 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

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January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary 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.

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March 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 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.

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March 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 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.

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March 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New 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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March 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Turkey starts programme of events to mark Centenary of Gallipoli campaign

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leads commemoration of Gallipoli campaign.

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March 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New 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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