Commemorations and events are planned over the next week in Scarborough and Hartlepool to mark the 100th anniversary of the bombardments by the Imperial German Navy on December 16th 1914.
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Christmas truce: European football chief unveils new memorial in Belgium today
UEFA President Michel Platini unveils European football’s memorial to the Christmas truce near Ploegsteert in Belgium today (December 11th 2014).
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Centenary News reports from Belgium on football’s day of Christmas truce remembrance
European football has paid tribute to the soldiers who took part in the Christmas truce, with the inauguration of a new memorial near Ploegsteert in Belgium on December 11th 2014.
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Dassault Aviation to sponsor renovations of the Verdun Memorial
Dassault Aviation signed a sponsorship agreement with the French First World War Centenary Partnership on December 16th 2014 to help renovate the Verdun Memorial.
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Centenary Update: more photos of centenary event at Scarborough
Here are more Centenary News photos of today’s remembrance event in Scarborough – 100 years after the bombardment of the town.
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Centenary Update: Hartlepool also marks bombardment with day of commemorations
As well as events in Scarborough, tributes were also paid today to the 130 people who were killed when German warships attacked the port of Hartlepool on December 16th 1914.
Continue reading100 years on: remembering the raids on England’s North Sea coast
Commemorations are being held in Scarborough and Hartlepool on December 16th 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of their bombardment by the Imperial German Navy.
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Christmas truce: Prince William unveils ‘Football Remembers’ tribute in UK
The Duke of Cambridge has unveiled a memorial to the 1914 Christmas truce as part of the ‘Football Remembers’ tribute in the UK to those who fell in the First World War.
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Christmas truce: Ploegsteert launches weekend of Centenary remembrance
A torchlight march tonight (December 19th 2014) launches a weekend of events in Ploegsteert, Belgium, marking the Christmas truce centenary.
Continue readingChristmas truce: three days of Centenary commemorations in Ploegsteert, Belgium
A torchlight march launches a weekend of events in Ploegsteert, Belgium, marking the Christmas truce centenary.
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