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  • World War 2 servicemen's grave rededication

    The graves of 2 World War 2 servicemen to be rededicated 72 years after their attempts to help fellow prisoners escape

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event 2015 - Speech

    HE Antony Phillipson gave opening remarks at the Importance of Remembering: An International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event on 28 January.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army archaeology project uncovers sixth century burial

    Injured soldiers have helped uncover the remains of a sixth century Anglo-Saxon female in a project to preserve a scheduled burial site on Salisbury Plain.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech at Imperial War Museum on First World War centenary plans

    The Prime Minister gave this speech at the Imperial War Museum in central London on 11 October 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 5000 years of history unearthed at site for new army homes

    DIO has uncovered archaeological features on MOD land in Bulford, Wiltshire, which is earmarked for 227 new army family homes.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Bastion Memorial: Forever in our hearts and prayers

    On Thursday 11 June 2015, a congregation of over 2,000 people gathered at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Commemorating victims of the Nazi concentration camp at the Mauthausen Memorial, Austria

    Sir Andrew Burns UK Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues joins Austrian ministers and European officials at the opening of the "Room of Names".

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Burial of 13 WW1 soldiers brings closure to crowdfunded archaeological project

    A burial service on Thursday 10 October brought closure to a crowdfunded archaeological project that discovered 110 previously missing soldiers.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Passchendaele descendants to commemorate ancestors at the Front

    Special events in July will mark 100 years since the Battle of Passchendaele began, as we continue to commemorate the First World War centenary

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Defence Minister praises First World War heroes at reburial service

    Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood has praised the courage and sacrifice of the First World War generation at a moving reburial service in Flanders.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • PM's words at St Symphorien cemetery

    David Cameron spoke at a commemorative event in St Symphorien cemetery to mark 100 years since Britain entered the First World War.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bye-bye Bastion

    Building and packing up the largest operational UK military base to be built since the Second World War.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Spoliation Advisory Panel Review Published

    Sir Paul Jenkins' independent review sets out key recommendations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Grave of Yorkshire born WW1 second lieutenant finally rededicated nearly a century later

    Second Lieutenant Bertie Swallow's grave finally rededicated nearly a century after he was killed in action due to injuries suffered on 31 October 1918.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Archbishop of Canterbury visits MOD on Armistice Day

    The Archbishop of Canterbury has visited the Ministry of Defence on the 95th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Soldiers on Salisbury Plain celebrate historical discovery

    An award-winning project using archaeology to aid the recovery of soldiers injured on Operation HERRICK has concluded its success on Salisbury Plain with an astonishing treasure trove of Anglo-Saxon finds.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK’s Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues visited Lithuania

    UK’s Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues, Rt Hon Lord Pickles paid a 3 day long visit to Lithuania.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • HMS St Albans honours Arctic heroes 70 years on

    In rugged surroundings, the Commanding Officer of HMS St Albans, Commander Tom Sharpe, and Britain’s Ambassador to Iceland, Ian Whitting, cast…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK statement on Holocaust Memorial Day

    Delivered by Nicola Murray, Deputy Head of the UK Delegation to the OSCE, at the OSCE Permanent Council on 30 January 2020.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • British Embassy commemorates the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Thessaloniki, Greece

    International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Thessaloniki

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government