Why We Wear Poppies On Remembrance Day
The poppy remains to this day an "enduring symbol of remembrance of the First World War".
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Remembrance Relatives Call For Memorial To 'Forgotten' Band Of 10 Brothers
The Calpins are thought to be the biggest group of British siblings to have fought in the First World War.
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WWI 1915: The Forgotten Struggle
Short of men and material, find out how the British Army coped during 1915, an often overlooked year of the First World War.
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Remembrance 72,396 Shrouded Figures Go On Display In Poignant Olympic Park Memorial
All money raised from the installation will go to the military charity SSAFA.
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WWI New Soldiers Make WWI Pilgrimage: Taking The Route To War
Soldiers from the North East of England followed the same route troops would have taken to go to war in 1918.
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WWI 'A War of Two Halves': The Hearts Players Who Fought In The Great War
Sixteen Hearts players and 500 fans from the terraces volunteered for the Western Front.
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News Little Standard Bearer To Carry Remembrance Flag
A seven-year-old girl is carrying a specially-made miniature flag of remembrance
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Remembrance Parliament Pays Respects With Special Armistice Service
MPs and Lords gathered at the same church as their predecessors had done on the first day of peace in 1918.
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Remembrance Remembrance Poppies And Puttees Create Poignant Great War Artwork
It was a set of puttees owned by her late father that inspired a Wiltshire artist to create the ‘Binding The Past To The Present Through ...
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Remembrance Games Of Remembrance: What Can You Expect On The Day?
Yes, there will be first class football to be seen at both matches but what else will be there to entertain you?
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News Ex-Defence Chief Warns Of Threat To European Peace
Lord Stirrup told the Lords that peace was fragile and could only be sustained by constant effort.
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Remembrance Pensioner Lays Poppies On 100 War Memorials
Eric Riddle will lay his final wreath on the war memorial that bears his grandfather's name.
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WWI Unknown First World War Soldiers Are Laid To Rest With Full Military Honours
The men are believed to have been killed during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
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Remembrance Artwork Created For Never-Before-Illustrated WWI Poem
'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen was originally published in 1920 after his death.
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Remembrance WWI Centenary Marked With Tower Of London Flames
Thousands of flames have been installed to remember all those lost in the First World War, and in every conflict since.
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Veterans Blind Veteran Makes 'Extraordinary' Discovery About War Hero Dad
The D-Day veteran has discovered he lives in the same centre that looked after his father after noticing his name on a honours board.