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099: January 2014

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Ypres Poppy Parade and Remembrance Ceremony

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Image: Sgt Christopher Pilkington. This photograph is © IWM Q57287 from the collections of the IWM - View across the market square of Ypres towards the Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle) and St Martin's Cathedral – November 1914. The annual Remembrance ceremony in Ypres this year will commemorate the 105th Anniversary of the Armistice. There will be a number…

Lochnagar Remembrance Ceremony - 11th November 2023

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The Friends of Lochnagar invites everyone to an Armistice Day remembrance Ceremony at Lochnagar Crater which will commence at 12.00 midday on 11th November 2023. Attendees should arrive at the Crater by 11.50am and if you have a whistle from the period, please bring it along. There will also be a Facebook Livestream from the Lochnagar Ceremony wh…

Dawn Commemoration of the Battle of Arras 2024

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Image: Lt John Brooke - This is photograph is Q 5113 from the collections of the IWM - Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers waiting in Arras for the order to move up, 9 April 1917.  In the early hours of the morning of 9th April 1917, the Battle of Arras commenced with 24,000 British soldiers emerging from the protection of underground ch…

ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2024: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux

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This moving service will take place at the Australian National Memorial, France at 5.30am on Thursday 25th April 2024. This year’s ceremony marks the 106th Anniversary of the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, when Australian Troops finally captured the town after fierce fighting. This action represents the high-water mark of the German Spring Of…

ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2024: Polygon Wood

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Main Image: Lt Ernest Brooks - This photograph is © IWM (Q 2904) from the collections of the IWM: Australian troops, probably from 11th Australian Brigade, 3rd Australian Division, including men from 11th Australian Machine Gun Company, resting on their way to the front line, 26 September 1917, during the Battle of Polygon Wood. The municipality o…