Centenary News visits IWM North's exhibition highlighting the work of Wyndham Lewis – artillery officer at the Third Battle of Ypres and challenging WW1 war artist.
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‘Passchendaele’ artist Wyndham Lewis showcased at IWM North
Centenary News visits IWM North's exhibition highlighting the work of Wyndham Lewis – artillery officer at the Third Battle of Ypres and challenging WW1 war artist.
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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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New projects mark 1917 Centenary of China joining WW1
China’s entry into the Great War 100 years ago is being marked with the launch of new initiatives by the UK-based Ensuring We Remember campaign.
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‘For Those in Peril’ – CWGC call to remember those lost at sea
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is inviting individuals, groups and schools to research the stories of thousands of sailors commemorated on a distinctive trio of UK naval memorials.
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German U-boat wreck protected in the North Sea
The wreck of a German mine-laying submarine sunk in the closing stages of the First World War has been protected on the advice of Historic England.
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‘Light in the Darkest Hour’ – September 9 tribute to WW1 labour corps
The Shorncliffe Trust is hosting a special remembrance event in the UK honouring forces from across the globe who carried out essential labouring duties for the Allied armies during the Great War.
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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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