Patrick Gregory tells the story of the WW1 Shrouds of the Somme installation at London’s Olympic Park.
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UK National Service of Remembrance & ‘People’s Procession’ mark Armistice Centenary in London
As well as events around Britain, the end of the First World War was marked in London by a National Service of Remembrance and a special procession of 10,000 members of the public past the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
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St Symphorien tributes to the fallen of 1914 and 1918
The first and the last British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in action in the Great War have been remembered in Armistice Centenary ceremonies at the cemetery in Belgium where they lie together.
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Belgium & Canada honour last Commonwealth soldier killed in WW1
Centenary News watches the official opening of the George Price Memorial, near Mons, commemorating the death of the last Commonwealth soldier to die in action in World War 1 before the Armistice took effect.
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‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them’ – the Armistice tributes in Britain & Ireland
Patrick Gregory on how the Centenary Armistice Day was commemorated across Britain and Ireland.
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‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them’ – the Armistice tributes in Britain & Ireland
Patrick Gregory on how the Centenary Armistice Day was commemorated across Britain and Ireland.
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