A new website telling the story of the Battle of Jutland has been launched for the 2016 Centenary by Nick Jellicoe, grandson of Britain’s First World War naval commander, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.
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First World War shipwrecks revealed in 3D off England’s south coast
Images of a fishing boat sunk in 1917 while on war service with the British Navy have been released by the Maritime Archaeology Trust as part of a Centenary project exploring WW1 shipwrecks.
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Gallipoli warship draws 50,000th visitor
The restored Gallipoli gunboat, HMS M.33, has attracted 50,000 visitors since opening four months ago, the UK’s National Museum of the Royal Navy has announced.
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Gallipoli Centenary Education Project completes battlefield tours programme
Staff and students from a Devon school in the UK have visited the battlefields of the Dardanelles on the third and final tour of a programme organised by the Gallipoli Centenary Education Project.
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100 Years Ago Today: Ottoman siege of Kut starts in Mesopotamia
Ottoman troops trapped a British-Indian force in the town of Kut-al-Amara on December 7th 1915, heralding a siege that lasted almost five months.
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100 Years Ago Today: British ministers order Gallipoli pull-out
The British Government ordered the withdrawal of Allied troops from Anzac Cove and Suvla on December 7th 1915, signalling the end of the Gallipoli campaign.
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Kut-al-Amara: How & why the siege began
General Sir Charles Townshend’s controversial decision to stand against the Ottomans at Kut-al-Amara in December 1915 is discussed in this article by Major Paul Knight.
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Kut-al-Amara: How & why the siege began
General Sir Charles Townshend's controversial decision to stand against the Ottomans at Kut-al-Amara in December 1915 is discussed in this article by Major Paul Knight.
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Jutland Centenary: Descendants invited to UK commemorations
Relatives of First World War sailors are invited to attend Britain’s commemorations in Orkney marking the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in 2016.
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HMS Hampshire memorial project: full list of 746 names published
The names have been released of all the men who’ll be remembered on a new memorial to the loss of the British warship, HMS Hampshire, off Orkney in June 1916.
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