Centenary News visits a new exhibition in London, paying tribute to ‘Tubby’ Clayton and Talbot House, the ‘home from home’ he created for British soldiers behind the lines in Belgium in 1915.
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‘An Oasis in a World Gone Crazy’ – London exhibition remembers Talbot House in WW1
An exhibition in London pays tribute to 'Tubby' Clayton and Talbot House, the 'home from home' he created for British soldiers behind the lines in Belgium in 1915.
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First World War shipwrecks revealed in 3D off England’s south coast
Images of a fishing boat sunk in 1917 while on war service with the British Navy have been released by the Maritime Archaeology Trust as part of a Centenary project exploring WW1 shipwrecks.
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Gallipoli warship draws 50,000th visitor
The restored Gallipoli gunboat, HMS M.33, has attracted 50,000 visitors since opening four months ago, the UK’s National Museum of the Royal Navy has announced.
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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.
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‘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.
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‘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.
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‘The Caribbean’s Great War’ – Centenary project remembers West Indian soldiers
The contribution made by Caribbean soldiers to the Allies in the First World War is being given further recognition in a series of initiatives by the West India Committee in the UK.
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Centenary update – Navy Museum to challenge ‘belief Jutland was a German victory’
The National Museum of the Royal Navy says its Jutland Centenary exhibition, opening on May 19th 2016, will challenge “the belief that the battle was a German victory.”
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Bids sought to host Tower of London poppies in 2017
The UK WW1 Centenary arts programme, 14-18 NOW, is inviting expressions of interest from locations wanting to host the Tower of London poppy sculptures in 2017.
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