A trench of shrouded figures, each representing a First World War soldier who has no known grave, is the latest tribute from Shrouds of the Somme creator Rob Heard, ahead of a display marking the Armistice Centenary in November 2018.
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The horses, mules and donkeys from all sides who never returned from the First World War have been honoured with their own memorial in Britain.
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Archive documents recording the commemoration of the 1.7 million Commonwealth dead of the First and Second World Wars are to be added to a UNESCO world heritage register.
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The 100th anniversary of one of the worst disasters on Britain’s home front in WW1 is to be commemorated in Nottinghamshire with talks, exhibitions and a special remembrance service.
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Tributes are being paid to 76 British soldiers named on the church war memorial at Leeds Minster as part of ‘There But Not There’ – a commemorative art installation touring the UK in the final WW1 Centenary year.
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Bells will be rung across America on November 11 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending World War I in 1918, the US Centennial Commission announces.
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The city of Compiègne is making a crowdfunding appeal to renovate La Dalle Sacrée, the memorial at the site of the ceasefire agreement ending the Great War on 11 November 1918.
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One of Britain’s biggest flypasts in recent years has taken place over London as the Royal Air Force marked the 100th anniversary of its foundation during the First World War.
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A Royal Navy sailor of the Great War has been buried with full military honours in France, more than 100 years after he was killed in action at the Battle of Arras.
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Britain is inviting the public to enter a ticket ballot to march past the Cenotaph on November 11- and to take part in bell ringing – as part of events marking the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.
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