Hundreds Of Local Events To Mark WW1 Centenary
'Battle's Over' will be a series of events taking place on November 11 to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
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Stories Tidworth Garrison Honours World War II Brides
Tidworth Garrison marked an important period in the town’s military history as they accepted a commemorative plaque to mark the thousands of ...
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News NATO Soldiers Dive To Lay Wreaths For Gallipoli Fallen
The divers plunged into the sea, taking with them two wreaths and a rugby ball that will be used at the Games of Remembrance due to take ...
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News Battle Bus Returns To Covent Garden For WW1 Centenary
The buses are the last remaining of the 900 that were requisitioned, repainted from their iconic red colour to green for camouflage.
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News Rare Dakota Aircraft Rededicated To Honour WW2 RAF Crew
The aircraft has been renovated on the interior and exterior and resprayed to represent the Dakota flown by Victoria Cross winner, Flight ...
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News Wreck of Navy Ship That Found Australia Might Be In US Harbour
Scuttled off of Rhode Island during the American War of Independence, the ship has often been searched for but until now never found.
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News Apache Helicopter Landing Marks Battle Of Saragarhi Anniversary
Twenty-one soldiers died fighting off 10,000 Afghan tribesmen in 1897.
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News 'Incredibly Rare' 18th Century Cannon To Go On Display
The 42-pound cannon was salvaged from the wreck of HMS Victory 1744, which was discovered 10 years ago.
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News Can You Help Trace WW1's 'Forgotten Nurses'?
Rare photographs of World War One's "forgotten nurses" have been colourised to help trace their identities.
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News Former British Military Hospital Bar In Germany Reopens For One Night Only
The British Military Hospital in Rinteln, Germany, along with its Junior Ranks Club, closed in 1997.
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Heritage Art And The Absurd In The Aftermath Of War
The Forces Network takes a look at the artistic legacy of the First World War in conjunction with Tate Britain's 'Aftermath' exhibit.
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News WW2 Wellington Bomber Being Restored To Former Glory
Work is continuing on one of just two surviving Vickers Wellington bombers from the Second World War.
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News Peter Jackson's WWI Archive Footage Film To Premiere Across UK
His team combed through 600 hours of archive footage to show the perspective of the people that were actually there 100 years ago.
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Heritage James Bond And Gibraltar – Ian Fleming’s Mission To Stop Spain Entering WW2
Discover some of the key historical inspirations behind 007.
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News Declassified: RAF Elvington's Tragic Wartime Past
The former base was once home to the allied bomber crews, and is now the site of the Yorkshire Air Museum.
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Stories Sex Toys And Bunga Bunga: A Brief History Of Military Pranks
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