The Guardian has reported that the recreation of the ‘Christmas Truce’ football game played on Christmas Day 1914 is among Centenary plans being proposed in Britain.
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Thankful villages run 2013
Over the summer of 2013, two motorcyclists will be riding through each of the United Kingdom’s ‘thankful villages’, where there is no First World War memorial, as all of those who served in the conflict, returned home.
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Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games could see city as a centre for Centenary commemorations
Herald Scotland reports that discussions are underway to make Glasgow a centre for the commemorations of the outbreak of the First World War, in light of its hosting of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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Author of ‘War Horse’ to stage new play for Centenary at Ypres, Belgium
The Telegraph reports that the author of the book ‘War Horse’, Michael Morpurgo, will stage a new play to mark the Centenary of the First World War, based on the 1914 ‘Christmas Truce’.
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Author of ‘The Final Whistle’ tells Centenary News about the story behind a London rugby club’s war memorial
Stephen Cooper’s book, The Final Whistle, tells the story of 86 members of Rosslyn Park rugby club who lost their lives during the First World War. He talks to Centenary News' Dan Hayes.
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Author of ‘The Final Whistle’ tells Centenary News about the story behind a London rugby club’s war memorial
Stephen Cooper’s book, The Final Whistle, tells the story of 86 members of Rosslyn Park rugby club who lost their lives during the First World War. He talks to Centenary News’ Dan Hayes.
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British minister reassures Australia its role in the Gallipoli Campaign will be remembered at Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014
The Australian reports a British minister confirms Gallipoli will be marked at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
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Glasgow to host First World War Centenary service for Commonwealth leaders
Commonwealth leaders are being invited to remain in Glasgow after the Commonwealth Games hosted there in 2014 in order to attend a First World War Centenary service.
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Recently discovered letters from the front line describing the 1914 ‘Christmas Truce’ to be auctioned
Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers is to auction two letters written by British Major J.P.V. Hawksley, to his sister Muriel, describing the ‘Christmas Truce’ of 1914.
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Remembrance trail ‘Following in Wilfred Owen’s Footsteps’ opens in France
A new audio-guided walking trail has been opened by Nord Tourisme in France, which plots a six kilometre (3.7 miles) route in memory of the poet Wilfred Owen’s life.
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