The Maritime Archaeology Trust has released an interactive map, bringing together the results of its centenary investigation into hundreds of WW1 shipwreck sites off England’s south coast.
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Armistice Centenary events update – November 2018
An update on some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago this month.
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Centenary tribute to Wilfred Owen on the Sambre-Oise Canal
Centenary News joined a commemorative procession in Northern France on November 4, honouring the poet and soldier Wilfred Owen, 100 years to the day after he was killed in action in one of the last battles of the First World War.
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Postal tribute marks Wilfred Owen Centenary
A commemorative cover honouring Wilfred Owen has been released by the British Forces Philatelic Service to remember his death in action 100 years ago today – on 4 November 1918.
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100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’
James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.
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100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’
James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.
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‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in London – Artist’s Armistice Centenary tribute
Patrick Gregory tells the story of the WW1 Shrouds of the Somme installation at London’s Olympic Park.
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‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in London – Artist’s Armistice Centenary tribute
Patrick Gregory tells the story of the WW1 Shrouds of the Somme installation at London's Olympic Park.
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UK National Service of Remembrance & ‘People’s Procession’ mark Armistice Centenary in London
As well as events around Britain, the end of the First World War was marked in London by a National Service of Remembrance and a special procession of 10,000 members of the public past the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
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A day of solemn ceremony – as global events close the WW1 Centenary with pledges ‘Not to Forget’
After more than four years of commemorations, the First World War Centenary came to an end on November 11 with international tributes and pleas to work for peace on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.
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