Ireland’s President will lead Easter Sunday commemorations in Dublin marking the centenary of the rebellion against British rule during the First World War.
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‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston
Susan Werbe reviews 'Remnants', artist Paul Emmanuel's installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University's 808 Gallery in the United States.
Continue reading‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston
Susan Werbe reviews ‘Remnants’, artist Paul Emmanuel’s installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University’s 808 Gallery in the United States.
Continue readingSomme Centenary – Battlefield photos for City of London exhibition, June 2016
Michael St Maur Sheil’s evocative photographs of First World War landscapes return to London in June 2016 for an exhibition in Guildhall Yard marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.
Continue readingSomme Centenary – Update on UK national commemorations in Manchester
Tickets have been released for a free concert to be held in Manchester on July 1st as part of the UKs national day of commemorations in the city marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.
Continue readingOrkney HMS Hampshire exhibition seeks 1916 stories & mementoes
Organisers of a centenary exhibition in Orkney are appealing for photos, letters and other memorabilia relating to the loss of the British warship, HMS Hampshire, in June 1916.
Continue readingGallipoli Centenary Education Project Schools Conference
The UK-based Gallipoli Centenary Education Project is holding a national conference for schools in Birmingham on March 14th 2016.
Continue readingUpdate on Jutland 1916 exhibition at UK National Maritime Museum
A bugle presented to a boy sailor wounded at Jutland will be among objects displayed at the National Maritime Museum’s centenary exhibition, illustrating changing views of the 1916 battle from both sides.
Continue readingBerlin photo exhibition remembers Battle of Verdun
Pictures of Verdun by British photographer Michael St Maur Sheil are displayed at a Franco-German exhibition in Berlin marking the centenary of the 1916 First World War battle.
Continue readingCentenary tribute to WW1 volunteer nurse Edith Munro
Tribute has been paid to a First World War nurse, with a special ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in London on March 8th 2016 – International Women’s Day.
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