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Unknown WW1 soldier finally identified as descendant of poet Wordsworth
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Monday 19 September, the date of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral, will be a national bank holiday.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, courts and tribunals arrangements on the day of the State Funeral and access to books of condolence.
Over 100 years after his death, LCpl Robert Cook of the Essex Regiment is finally laid to rest
The final resting places of Private (Pte) James McCaffrey of the 5th Battalion, Tank Corps and Corporal (Cpl) Thomas Stannage of the 10th (Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars have been rededicated more than a century after they were killed...
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
An unknown British WW2 soldier has been buried with full military honours in Bologna, Italy
The graves of Private (Pte) James McNeilage McLean, age 24 and Lance Corporal (LCpl) Brunton Smith, age 35, who were killed at different stages of the First World War in Northern France, have been rededicated more than a hundred years...
Rededication services are held in France for Lieutenant (Lt) Frederic Hornby Lever Rushton MC and Private (Pte) John Martin Roberts
Employment Tribunal decision.
Joint military burial sees one Canadian, one German and five British soldiers laid to rest in Ypres
The following ceremonies and events are taking place today (Thursday 15 September 2022) across the country to allow people to pay tribute to the life of Her Majesty The Queen and mark the Accession of His Majesty King Charles III.
The CMA has ordered funeral directors and crematorium operators to make prices clear for customers or risk court action down the line.
2Lt Henry Pike's grave has been rededicated in Belgium
Four soldiers of the Great War have had their graves rededicated in the presence of their family earlier today (Tuesday 22 March 2022).
The grave of First World War soldier, Serjeant (Sjt) William Clay Cubberley, aged 28, of 2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment, has finally been marked more than a century after his death.
More than a century after the end of World War 1, an unmarked headstone of a Commonwealth war grave finally carries the name of the young airman who rests there.
A temporary export bar has been placed on a French Gothic ivory casket
The Charity Commission has issued an Official Warning to Christ Church, Oxford, after finding that the trustees failed to manage the charity’s resources responsibly.
The final resting places of five soldiers killed in World War One have been identified, and Services of Re-dedication have taken place at their graves in northern France over the last two days (22 and 23 March).
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