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  • Culture Secretary writes a Letter to an Unknown Soldier

    Part of a nation wide arts project to commemorate the start of the First World War

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

  • Cadets aim to raise £1 million for tree project honouring war dead

    Dozens of cadets will stand side-by-side in woodland poppy fields to mark the start of a £1 million First World War fundraising challenge.

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  • PM at European Council June 2014

    David Cameron attended June’s European Council, which included a ceremony to mark the Centenary of the start of the First World War.

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

  • Wales Office Minister Baroness Randerson attends ‘Wales at War’ launch event

    HMS Enterprise hosts launch of First World War digital campaign

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

  • Baroness Warsi speech honouring Overseas Heroes from the First World War

    Baroness Warsi speech at unveiling of plaques commemorating 175 men from overseas who were awarded the Victoria Cross during World War One.

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

  • Britain honours Belgian Victoria Cross recipient from the First World War

    The UK today unveils plaques commemorating 175 men from overseas who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War, including one from Belgium.

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

  • Britain honours Overseas Heroes from the First World War

    Baroness Warsi unveils plaques commemorating 175 men from overseas who were awarded the Victoria Cross during World War One.

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

  • First World War Head Nurse Honoured with a Blue Plaque

    Dame Maud McCarthy, has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at her former home in Chelsea, London.

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

  • Frances Quinn bakes trench cake

    Share your First World War recipes and stories to commemorate the First World War.

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

  • First World War commemorations and the Decade of Centenaries

    The NIO is supporting HMG's programme of First World War commemorations to ensure it promotes peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

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

  • Ceremony of British military tradition

    Beating Retreat is set to be even more spectacular for 2014.

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

  • Living memorial for Scotland's First World War heroes

    Scotland's First World War heroes will be commemorated by new native woodland in the Pentland Hills, south of Edinburgh.

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  • Ambassador plants poppies in Oslo for First World War Centenary

    The British Ambassador, Defence Attaché and Anglican chaplain planted poppies at the embassy to bloom for the First World War Centenary.

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

  • D-Day veterans meet today's paratroopers

    Veterans who parachuted into battle on D-Day have met paratroopers preparing for a commemorative jump onto the same fields 70 years later.

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

  • First World War Centenary: advice for travellers

    Advice for a trouble free visit to First World War Centenary Commemorations.

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

  • Cabinet meeting read-out 20 May 2014

    A read-out from the Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister on the morning of 20 May 2014.

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

  • Royal Unveiling of WW1 Centenary Wood for Northern Ireland

    HRH The Princess Royal today unveiled Woodland Trust's WW1 Centenary Wood for Northern Ireland

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

  • Ceramic poppies to be planted in the Tower of London's moat

    888,246 ceramic poppies will be planted in the moat at the Tower of London to commemorate British and Commonwealth fatalities during the First World War.

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

  • First World War Centenary commemorative events announced

    Three national commemorative events to mark the First World War Centenary will take place on August 4 this year

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

  • First World War Centenary cathedral repair fund opens

    Church of England and Catholic cathedrals in England can apply to new fund for urgent repair work.

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