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Kington's 80th anniversary of VE Day services Scores of people turned out to watch a strong parade from Kington Market Hall to the war memorial ... cemetery from World War One and Two.
Club museum honorary curator David Pracy researched the background of each of the men because he "wanted to bring them alive ...
How Arthur Elvin went from working in a tobacco kiosk to saving Wembley Stadium from demolition and running the stadium for ...
Four childhood friends are undertaking an epic journey to visit the war graves of fallen soldiers from their school.
History is a fascinating subject. The history of us humans spans over 300,000 years, and it's been marked by victories, ...
The small town, of 21,000 inhabitants, has installed a commemorative stele at a memorial site located between two primary and secondary schools. "The project was to install a broken column, like ...
He explained that the land had been donated by Edward Lawson-Smith whose two sons had died in WW1. The memorial itself had been paid for entirely by public subscription and fundraising. The clock ...
The English Schools’ Athletic Association (1925) has been recognised with the award of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque ...
Announced by Veterans Minister Al Carns MP, this marks the culmination of a campaign with broad political support, with more than 200 MPs from eight parties uniting to back the call for a PRU memorial ...
Photos courtesy of Getty Images. World War One doesn't haunt Europe today - instead the legacy has been a positive one in the long run. Today the European states are closer than ever before and ...
Soldiers with nerves of steel who risked their lives laying and defusing mines on the Norfolk coast have been remembered after a memorial was installed in their honour. A new plaque has been ...