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‘A force for good’ – the rich history of the Commonwealth is celebrated
On Commonwealth Day, staff members from the UK Parliament, their faces beaming with pride, paraded flags representing the 56 ...
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Searching for Africa’s lost World War soldiers, a name and grave at a time
Nakuru and Kisumu, Kenya – Ogoyi Ogunde belonged to a proud family. His father had carved a home for their clan out of the ...
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Thiepval War Memorial Virtual Tour
The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Medals for Shropshire battalion’s first soldier killed in WW1 go up for auction
Three medals awarded to the first soldier from the King's Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion killed in action during the ...
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Army cadets trained to restore veterans' graves
Army cadets in South Yorkshire have been trained to maintain Commonwealth war graves and the graves of veterans awarded the Victoria Cross. The Victoria Cross Trust has been training cadets in ...
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Dame Joanna Lumley becomes patron of Somerset war memorial
The Poppy of Honour, which contains 1,117,635 individual remembrance poppies, will be permanently housed at Maidenbrook Country Park and ...
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Sharon Dowey MSP visits commonwealth war graves in Ayr
South Scotland MSP Sharon Dowey has learned more about vital work to help upkeep some of the commonwealth graves at Ayr Cemetery.