Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events in 2014 which marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
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Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries coming up in 2015
Centenary News looks ahead to some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2015.
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Thiepval Memorial to be restored for 2016 Somme Centenary
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced a major project to restore the Thiepval Memorial in France in readiness for the Battle of the Somme Centenary in 2016.
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British pupils visit Gallipoli as part of Centenary Education Project
Pupils from a British school have visited Gallipoli as part of a new education programme marking the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings in Turkey in 1915.
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Remembering the UK’s first air raid casualties – Norfolk January 19
The 100th anniversary of the first Zeppelin air raids on the UK will be remembered at events in Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn on January 19th 2015.
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Reflections on three Boston World War One exhibitions
Susan Werbe has attended three World War I exhibitions in her hometown of Boston, Massachusetts and has written her reflections in a feature for Centenary News.
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Scotland to mark Centenary of First World War troop train disaster in 2015
The worst rail crash in UK history will be remembered as part of Scotland’s First World War Centenary commemorations in 2015.
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Reflections on three Boston World War One exhibitions
Susan Werbe has written a piece for Centenary News reflecting on three WWI exhibitions currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Boston Athenaeum; and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Reflections on three Boston World War One exhibitions
Susan Werbe has written a piece for Centenary News reflecting on three WWI exhibitions currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Boston Athenaeum; and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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A Game in Hell – The Great War in Russia
Centenary News Review: A Game in Hell is a stunning visual record of how Russia saw the First World War. Many of the posters, prints, cartoons and photos are published for the first time. Accompanied by expert commentaries, they are a valuable reminder that Tsarist Russia was among the main players in a war almost banished from history after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.
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