The Football Association of Wales has just sent through a video of its visit on 17 November 2014 to the Artillery Wood cemetery and the Wales World War One Memorial in Langemark.
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100 years on: remembering the raids on England’s North Sea coast
Commemorations and events are planned over the next week in Scarborough and Hartlepool to mark the 100th anniversary of the bombardments by the Imperial German Navy on December 16th 1914.
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Christmas truce: European football chief unveils new memorial in Belgium today
UEFA President Michel Platini unveils European football’s memorial to the Christmas truce near Ploegsteert in Belgium today (December 11th 2014).
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Centenary News reports from Belgium on football’s day of Christmas truce remembrance
European football has paid tribute to the soldiers who took part in the Christmas truce, with the inauguration of a new memorial near Ploegsteert in Belgium on December 11th 2014.
Continue readingRemember Scarborough! Western Front Association Day Conference
The Western Front Association is holding a conference on Saturday December 13th 2014 in Scarborough, UK, exploring the German naval raids on Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool in December 1914.
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‘All Together Now’ – Christmas truce song aims for Number One in the charts
‘All Together Now’, the hit single inspired by the Christmas truce, has been released as a new track to mark the centenary of the 1914 ceasefires on the Western Front.
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Centenary Update: more photos of centenary event at Scarborough
Here are more Centenary News photos of today’s remembrance event in Scarborough – 100 years after the bombardment of the town.
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Scarborough remembers the bombardment of the seaside town 100 years ago today
Centenary News reports from the British seaside town of Scarborough – where a remembrance event was held this morning (Tuesday December 16th 2014), exactly a 100 years after the town was shelled by German destroyers.
Continue reading100 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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Centenary Update: Hartlepool also marks bombardment with day of commemorations
As well as events in Scarborough, tributes were also paid today to the 130 people who were killed when German warships attacked the port of Hartlepool on December 16th 1914.
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