Burial Of WW1 Soldiers Brings Closure
A burial service has brought closure to a crowdfunded archaeological project that discovered 110 previously missing soldiers, thirteen of whom, all from Commonwealth nations including the UK, were interred side by side at a ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves...
Unknown Warrior Given Final Resting Place
An unknown British soldier has been afforded a final resting place 100 years after he was killed during World War 1 – his burial, with full military honours, took place on 8th November at Buttes News British Cemetery near Ypres, Belgium… Members of the...
Defence Minister Praises WW1 Heroes
Minister for Defence People and Veterans Tobias Ellwood has praised the courage and sacrifice of the First World War generation at a moving reburial service in Flanders… Ahead of the centenary of the First World War, the Minister attended the burial of an...
‘The Long Walk Home’ To Commemorate Centenary
Military housing charity Haig Housing Trust has announced that 100 Veterans and serving personnel (in a private capacity) will walk 100 miles from Ypres to the Cenotaph to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War… The march from across the military...
