JISC has produced a video introduction to the First World War Digital Poetry Archive, which provides details about the content of the archive and its accessibility.
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The story behind a First World War matchbox from Scotland
The Creative Federation has uploaded a video about a matchbox from the First World War, which contained a note from a soldier to his family in Scotland.
Continue readingBritish and Australian First World War soldiers reburied at Fromelles
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has recorded the reburial of 250 British and Australian soldiers at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetary in France.
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The War Heritage Group speaks to Centenary News about the UK Centenary
Centenary News spoke to the UK War Heritage Group, an all-party parliamentary body, on their work to support Centenary commemorations in Britain.
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UK’s Special Representative for Centenary Commemorations explains Centenary plans
The British Prime Minister's Special Representative for Centenary Commemorations, Dr Andrew Murrison MP, talks to Centenary News about UK plans to mark the 100 year anniversary.
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British Forces News coverage of British Prime Minister’s announcement on Centenary funding
British Forces News covers an announcement by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, about funding for the First World War Centenary in the United Kingdom.
Continue readingWorld War One Battlefields educational video for schools
Rumble TV has produced an educational video about the First World War and war cemeteries to "raise awareness of the sacrifices made in war for the life we have today".
Continue readingStricken German U-boat from 1919
The Daily Mail has highlighted photographs of a German U-boat which ran aground in 1919.
Continue readingTraining camps to be unearthed in England
The Express & Star reports that training camps built in England during the First World War are to be unearthed.
Continue readingRestoration of Scottish war graves
STV Motherwell has reported that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission plans to restore 12 war graves in Motherwell’s Globe Cemetery.
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