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First World War

Poetry competition marks end of WW1

Stephen Fry, a long-term supporter of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, has lent his backing to an exciting new national poetry competition marking the 100th anniversary…

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Marking Remembrance Day

The nation fell silent as HRH The Queen and members of the Royal Family joined the traditional Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London…

Thousands of figurines will be created in memory of soldiers killed during the Battle of the Somme Photo: Shrouds of the Somme

Shrouds of the Somme

In order to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, an artist intends to stitch 72,396 shrouded figures to represent each…