The cheer offered to WW1 British soldiers 100 years ago when Talbot House first opened its doors in Belgium was today remembered on the streets of London and Manchester.
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From Scapa Flow to Portsmouth – Jutland guns to feature at 2016 centenary exhibition
Guns that saw action at the Battle of Jutland will be among exhibits at the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s centenary exhibition, opening in May 2016.
Continue reading‘Rearranging History’ – US exhibition pieces together story of giant WW1 painting
Missing fragments from a Great War masterpiece are back on view for the first time in decades at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, as CN contributor Patrick Gregory discovers.
Continue reading‘Rearranging History’ – US exhibition pieces together story of giant WW1 painting
Missing fragments from a Great War masterpiece are back on view for the first time in decades at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, as CN contributor Patrick Gregory discovers.
Continue readingCentenary year of 2015 – recalled in pictures from Centenary News
Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1915.
Continue readingJutland Centenary naval lecture series for 2016 in London
A series of lectures about the British navy in the First World World War will be held at the Army & Navy Club, London, to mark the Centenary of the Battle of Jutland.
Continue readingSomme Centenary: February ticket deadline for July 1 Lochnagar ceremony
Ticket applications for admission to the Somme Centenary commemorations at Lochnagar Crater in France will close on February 15th 2016, organisers announce.
Continue readingCall for papers: ‘Beyond the Western Front – The Global First World War’
The Centre for Hidden Histories in the UK is seeking contributions for a 2016 conference and community event, entitled Beyond the Western Front: The Global First World War.
Continue readingThe Great War in the Middle East – Sandhurst conference April 2016
An international conference re-examining the origins, conduct and consequences of the First World War in the Middle East is to be held at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from April 20th-21st 2016.
Continue readingNew Zealand honours its Great War tunnellers with new memorial
The soldiers of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company are being remembered with the dedication of a new memorial in the former mining town of Waihi.
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