Forgotten album that sheds light on 1914 Christmas football game truce, sells for £4.7k
Here we were laughing and talking to men whom only a few hours earlier we were trying to kill, says an excerpt from the album.
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Feature Honouring sacrifice: A brief history of the Royal British Legion's iconic poppy
From Flanders Fields to wearing it on Remembrance Day and everything in between
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WWI First World War soldier laid to rest after his remains were found during roadworks
The service was conducted by the Reverend Huw Ryden, chaplain to 3rd Battalion The Rifles, and was supported by a military bearer party.
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WWI British West Indies Regiment finally honoured after a century of silence
A plaque is unveiled at a church in Ypres to commemorate the soldiers who left the Caribbean to fight for Britain in the First World War.
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WWI Gathering for burial to honour unknown soldiers and reflect on loss in Loos
One of the soldiers served in The Black Watch and it was fitting that members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland took part in the service.
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WWI Princess Anne attends special burial service in France for two unknown WWI soldiers
The soldiers' remains were laid to rest in a specially built extension to the Loos British Cemetery in northern France.
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WWI Documents on public display for first time chart Blenheim Palace's place in First World War history
Documents charting Blenheim's time as a war hospital have been made available to visitors passing through its doors this summer.
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Sea vessels British ship sunk by German U-boat during WWI finally found after 107 years
The HMST Arcadian, which was sunk by a German torpedo, was discovered southeast of Sifnos Island in the Aegean Sea.
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History First World War practice trenches in Gosport granted highest level of heritage protection
The rare WWI site for training troops has been designated as a scheduled monument by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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History GI Bill: 80 years of law that brought veterans back to civilian life after service on the frontline
US President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, today known as the US GI Bill.
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Army Shot at Dawn memorial honours WWI soldiers wrongly executed for cowardice
The newly refurbished memorial commemorates the 309 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot by their own side during WWI.
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Feature How a WW1 German U-boat became a tourist attraction on a British beachfront
In April 1919, a series of events led to the stranding of U-118 at the seaside town of Hastings, where it proved to be a fatal attraction.
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Navy Rare First World War codebook found in donations box sells for four figures
The extremely rare General Signals Book was found by the manager of an Oxfam charity shop in Bath.
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WWI Historic bell recovered by British divers from sunken wreck returned to US Navy
The First World War American ship's bell recovered by the DE&S salvage team has now been returned to the US Navy.
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Feature Anzac Day: Who were the Anzacs?
Each year, 25 April marks the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
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WWI Victoria Cross awarded to axe-wielding officer who stormed enemy boat sells for £220,000
Lt Cdr Edgar Cookson earned his VC after storming onto the Ottoman vessel during the advance on Kut-el-Amara in the First World War.