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October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War ‘Race To The Sea’ British soldiers to be reburied

Fifteen British soldiers are to be reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in France on October 22nd 2014, a century after they were killed in fighting near the Belgian border.

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October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Trail of Poppies Expedition

From April 2015 Phil Brotherton will spend roughly three months travelling across 12 countries to raise money for the Royal British Legion and the German Volksbund.

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October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

Author: Peter Alhadeff
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October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

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November 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Vu du Front’ – Major Centenary exhibition at the Army Museum, Paris

A major exhibition in Paris, looking at the portrayal of the First World War by those who went to the Front, runs at the Army Museum in Les Invalides until January 25th 2014.

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November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Day: International First World War memorial opens in France

The 96th anniversary of the Armistice today is being marked in France with the inauguration of a new memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette, near Vimy.

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November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Day: France inaugurates international memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette

A First World War memorial to all soldiers killed on the battlefields of northern France will be inaugurated at Notre Dame de Lorette on Armistice Day 2014.

End Date: 11 Nov 2014
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November 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: France opens international memorial to the Great War fallen on Armistice Day

A new memorial uniting the names of all soldiers killed in the north of France during the First World War was inaugurated by President François Hollande at Notre-Dame-de-Lorette on Armistice Day, November 11th, 2014.

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November 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New Mobile Apps to commemorate Centenary

There are two new smartphone apps designed to guide users in finding sites of remembrance and discovering stories of the First World War.

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November 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Above the Battlefield’ – new videos explore Western Front from the air

Military historian Paul Reed has started filming First World War battlefields from the air for his new website WW1 Revisited.

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