Nurse historian, Narelle O'Rourke, has written an article for Cenenary News about her fascination with Nurse Edith Cavell and her journey in uncovering the story of another WWI nurse with connections to Nurse Cavell.
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Christmas truce: European football announces Centenary tribute in Belgium
European football is to commemorate the centenary of the Christmas truce with the unveiling of a new memorial near Ploegsteert in Belgium on December 11th 2014.
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‘Above the Battlefield’ – new videos explore Western Front from the air
Military historian Paul Reed has started filming First World War battlefields from the air for his new website WW1 Revisited.
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Christmas truce: British & German schools mark Centenary with joint memorial in Belgium
A memorial to the Christmas truce, inspired by friendship between pupils from British and German schools, will be inaugurated in the Belgian town of Messines (Mesen) on December 6th 2014.
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Christmas truce: countdown to Centenary events in December 2014
Centenary News previews events coming up in December 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Christmas truce on the Western Front.
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Flanders Revisited. Highlights from ‘Lichtfront 2014’
Centenary News writer, Jillian Davidson, gives a personal account of her journey through Belgium as part of ‘Lichtfront 2014’, an interactive event following the Front Line as it existed at the time of the ceasefire in the autumn of 1914.
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Flanders Revisited. Highlights from ‘Lichtfront 2014’
Centenary News writer, Jillian Davidson, gives a personal account of her journey through Belgium as part of 'Lichtfront 2014', an interactive event following the Front Line as it existed at the time of the ceasefire in the autumn of 1914.
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Christmas truce: British general wrote of ‘extraordinary state of affairs’ at the front
A rare account of the Christmas truce has come to light in a newly discovered letter written by General Sir Walter Congreve on Christmas Day 1914.
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Christmas Truce: British general wrote of ‘extraordinary state of affairs’ at the front
A rare account of the Christmas truce has come to light in a newly discovered letter written by a British commander on Christmas Day 1914.
Continue readingChristmas truce: British & German schools mark Centenary with joint memorial in Belgium
A memorial to the Christmas truce, inspired by friendship between pupils from British and German schools, will be inaugurated in the Belgian town of Messines (Mesen) on December 6th 2014.
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