a visit to the isle of man internment camps...
19 July 1916: Journalists are invited to see how Britain is treating over 25000 alien prisoners and...
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armistice: two men separated by four years of war...
The graves of the first and final British soldiers to die in the first world war face each other in...
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all quiet on the western front becomes instant...
Ninety years ago,a harrowing account of warfare in the first world war was brought to an...
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conscripts and heroes of the first world war |...
Another argument often made for conscription,aside from the one in your editorial (27 January) that...
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how edith cavell made a confession | letters
The great German poet Gottfried Benn (1886-1956),who was a doctor by profession, served in the...
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edith cavells memorial service at st pauls:...
30 October 1915: The greater part of the church was reserved for the nurses,who came from every...
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the first world war helped shape modern america....
On the centenary of US entry,Americans reflect on a war that helped build the US a pre-eminent...
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how colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of...
The Great War is often depicted as an unexpected catastrophe. But for millions who had been living...
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us would have joined first world war without...
Your report (30 July) says the deciphering of the Zimmermann telegram (inviting Mexico to ally...
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soldiers riot in luton - archive, 23 july 1919
23 July 1919: The inhabitants are advised and strongly urged not to congregate in the street,either...
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rat hunting in the trenches: archive, 12 january...
12 January 1916: The sport of rat-catching,for a halfpenny a time, has proved very celebrated among...
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bletchley park celebrates codebreakers who changed...
Exhibition brings to light work of MI1(b) and Room 40,latter of which helped bring US into...
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the forgotten muslim heroes who fought for britain...
The stories of the 2.5 million Muslims who travelled to Europe to fight for the allies during the...
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conscientious and unconscientious objectors:...
1 March 1916: After earnestly protesting against all war as murder,a man in a London court naively...
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australias lavish spending on anzac memorials...
The government has put $552m towards the first world war centenary. As we pause for Remembrance...
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uk to mark centenary of start of battle of somme...
Events to commemorate one of the bloodiest encounters in military history to start on eve of...
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soldiers letters bring first world war christmas...
Pte Frederick Davies of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers wrote domestic about life on the western Front,in...
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naval veterans families invited to battle of...
Relatives of sailors who fought in the biggest naval battle of the first world war offered chance to...
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plea for bells to toll worldwide on war centenary
Anglo-German project to commemorate Armistice Day hopes to draw in bellringers from around the...
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british and german navies to mark battle of...
Former enemies’ navies will lay wreaths in North Sea to commemorate first world war’s biggest...
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first world war guest book reveals mindset of...
Wartime document from tea room at Peterborough railway station contains heartbreaking notes,jokes...
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tower of london poppies bloom at britains most...
Ceramic poppy installation that wowed crowds in 2014 used to label centenary of battle of Jutland in...
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the effects of the war on english life: archive,...
15 February 1916: Conservative minister Walter Long predicts the first world war will have a...
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walter tull: calls for first black british army...
MPs call on PM to posthumously award military cross to first world war ‘hero’ and...
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british first world war soldier laid to rest...
Sgt David Harkness Blakey was killed aged 26 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme but his...
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how the guardian reported the death of edith...
British nurse Edith Cavell was shot by the Germans 100 years ago,accused of treason for helping...
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ballot opens for somme centenary ceremonies
Members of public can put name down for free tickets to daily ceremonies in France over 141-day...
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wreck found off norfolk coast identified as first...
Wreckage is Germany’s U-31,which left for patrol on 13 January 1915 and is believed to own hit a...
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woman dies as durham coast is shelled by german u...
13 July 1916: The victim died when the undefended port of Seaham Harbour was attacked by the enemy...
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who, if anyone, said the first world war would be ...
Readers acknowledge other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to...
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letters, photos and a diary: a first world war...
After serving on the western front,private Mick Ward from Bairnsdale in Victoria placed the...
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edith cavell, shot by germans during wwi,...
Centenary of death of British nurse executed for treason in 1915 marked as evidence emerges of...
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six british soldiers killed in first world war are...
Troops discovered in makeshift graves beneath mud of Flanders fields in Ypres own been relocated to...
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