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October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Victoria Wallace becomes first woman to lead the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Victoria Wallace became the first woman Director General of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) when she took up her post on October 20th 2014.

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: 15 British soldiers being reburied in France today

Fifteen British soldiers are being reburied today (October 22nd 2014) at a Commonwealth cemetery in France, 100 years after their deaths in fighting near the Belgian border.

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War ‘Race To The Sea’ British soldiers to be reburied

Fifteen British soldiers are to be reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in France on October 22nd 2014, a century after they were killed in fighting near the Belgian border.

October 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Pioneering footballer and WW1 soldier Walter Tull honoured with plaque in London

Walter Tull, the footballer who became the first black officer in the British Army during the First World War, has been honoured with a commemorative blue plaque in London.

October 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

October 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary focus for Imperial War Museum’s 2014 short film awards

Films drawing on the Imperial War Museum’s First World War archives are given prominent billing in IWM’s Short Film Festival, which opened on October 23rd 2014.

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October 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Cenotaph vigil opens Royal British Legion’s 2014 Poppy Appeal

A sunrise to sunset vigil at the Cenotaph in London launched the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal on October 23rd 2014.

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

October 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Mark Knopfler in Last Post guitar tribute for First World War

British musician, Mark Knopfler, has performed a guitar version of the Last Post as part of Superact’s First World War centenary music project, The Last Post.