British Army Helps Local School Bring History Alive
Over a week, Shipton Bellinger Primary School, on Salisbury Plain commemorated and celebrated 100 years since the end of the First World War ...
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News 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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News Danny Boyle To Mark WWI Armistice With Sand Art
Faces of the millions of people killed or effected by WWI will be etched on to beaches on Armistice Day in a "thank you" designed by ...
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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 Children Under 11 'Banned' From Bridgend Remembrance Parade
The local Royal British Legion Branch said that after bad weather last year, children of a primary school age wouldn't be able to attend.
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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 WW1 Hero And VC Winner Honoured By Scottish Town
Sgt McGuffie died on 4 October 1918 from a shell without knowing he would be awarded a Victoria Cross...
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News First Glimpse At New Peter Jackson WW1 Archive Film
The first trailer for Peter Jackson's First World War film has been released.
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News 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards Commemorate WW1 War Heroes
The Coldstream Guards have commemorated the day when two men from the 1st Battalion carried out incredible acts of bravery which earned them ...
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News HMS Drake Sailors Clean Up War Graves
A group of sailors from HMS Drake have spent a day working in a Plymouth graveyard, tackling the weeds and brambles covering many military ...
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News Past, Present And Future Aircraft Come Together At Duxford Air Show
The star of this year's event was the RAF's newest piece of weaponry - a stealth jet that will fly from the Royal Navy's new aircraft ...
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News WW1 Silent Soldier Memorial 'Used As Target Practice And Thrown In Ditch'
Police described the incident as "disgusting behaviour".
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News Could Germany's President Be Invited To WW1 Armistice Events?
The plans appear to be contained in government documents photographed in Downing Street.
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News Lost WW1 Tapestry Uncovered In Museum Vaults
The North Staffordshire 5th Battalion Memorial Canvas lists the names of more than 1,000 men who lost their lives in World War One.
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News New Exhibition Shows Rare Shots Of WW1's Aftermath
They include pictures of 32,000 destroyed German rifles, Armistice Day celebrations, treatments for injured servicemen and more.
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News Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Mark WWI Centenary
The Edinburgh Riding of the Marches commemorated 100 years since the end of the First World War.