The Guardian online First World War documentary, launched in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.
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Queen Elizabeth visits Tower of London’s Centenary poppies
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh paid tribute to the dead of the First World War during a visit to the Tower of London’s ceramic poppy fields on October 16th 2014.
Continue readingThe UK Guardian marks the centenary with an online interactive documentary
The Guardian online First World War documentary, published in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.
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The UK Guardian marks the centenary with an online interactive documentary
The Guardian online First World War documentary, published in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.
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The UK National Archives releases interactive online map to reveal the global reach of the First World War
Launched in the summer of 2014, First World War: A Global View, is part of UK’s National Archives’ ongoing Centenary programme. First World War 100 is designed to help members of the public search through First World War records.
Continue readingFirst World War Sikh and Commonwealth soldiers remembered at Leicester University
Sikh and Commonwealth soldiers who fought for Britain in the First World War will be remembered in a lecture series at Leicester University on October 18th 2014.
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100 Years Ago: First Battle of Ypres starts
The historic Belgian town of Ypres became the focus of a protracted battle between the Allied and German armies in the latter half of October 1914.
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Latest photos of Tower of London’s ceramic poppy fields
Centenary News reader James Crawford has sent us photos that he took yesterday, Sunday 19th October, of the ceramic poppy fields at the Tower of London.
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£11.5m UK lottery grant awarded to transform Battle of Jutland veteran HMS Caroline
The UK Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £11.5 million to the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to conserve and restore HMS Caroline, the only survivor of the 1916 Battle of Jutland.
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Sport and the First World War to be marked at London Sports Writing Festival this week
The role of sportsmen in the First World War will be discussed at talks being held as part of the London Sports Writing Festival, starting on October 23rd 2014 at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
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