A British tank discovered under the battlefields of Cambrai is about to start its final journey to a new museum opening for the November 2017 Centenary.
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The False Armistice – 7 November 1918
In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.
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The False Armistice – 7 November 1918
In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.
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NZ ‘Victory Medal’ sculpture to mark Flanders battle centenaries
A commemorative work by sculptor Helen Pollock has moved to Messines for the next stage of New Zealand’s First World War Centenary remembrance in Europe.
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Centenary visit to France honours Edward Foster VC
Evelyn McDermott joined a delegation from Wandsworth honouring a south London soldier awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917, forging post-WW1 ties with Villers Plouich, near Cambrai.
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Centenary visit to France honours Edward Foster VC
Evelyn McDermott joined a delegation from Wandsworth honouring a south London soldier awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917, forging post-WW1 ties with Villers Plouich, near Cambrai.
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Surviving Battle of Cambrai tank moves to new home
‘Deborah’, the British tank unearthed in France 19 years ago, has arrived at a new museum opening in November 2017 for the Battle of Cambrai Centenary.
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Call for Papers: ‘1914-1918-online’ encyclopaedia
Academics are invited to contribute articles to ‘1914-1918-online’, an international English-language reference work covering the First World War.
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Somme ceremony honours Indian troops of the Great War
Tributes have been paid in France to 320 Indian First World War troops buried at La Chapelette British & Indian cemetery near Péronne.
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Centenary conference to explore legacy of Mata Hari
100 years after Mata Hari’s execution for spying, experts reassess her notoriety at an international symposium taking place at City, University of London on October 28.
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