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First World War soldiers’ graves rededicated more than 100 years after deaths

The services were held in Ypres following the discovery of the graves of the two soldiers who served with Irish regiments.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Litter pickers load 'frightening' WW1 bomb into car thinking it was an old gas canister

Rachel Wills and Simon Briscombe were doing their usual Monday riverside litter-pick when they found the rusty cylinder. Later, they discovered it was a live First World War bomb

Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022

Inside Britain's first council estate built for working-class heroes of WW1

Built for the working class heroes of the First World War, the Becontree was the start of a new vision for families who had spent generations in the slums. The estate is still Britain's biggest

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022

Woman, 107, says favourite boozy drink is secret to long life as it 'keeps her young'

Violet Shipp, who was born during the First World War, marked her 107th birthday with a glass of her favourite drink - Cinzano and Lemonade - as she was joined by friends at her Essex care home

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2022

Ukraine: world financial markets have not broken sweat since the Russian escalation – why?

The economic consequences of armed conflicts have received widespread attention at least as far back as when John Meynard Keynes wrote about them in 1919 in relation to the first world war. Yet as the world braces for a possible war in Ukraine, we still know relatively little about the…

The Conversation · Feb 22, 2022

Disgust as graffiti scrawled on Northern Quarter war memorial

A total of 95 servicemen lost in the First World War, and 18 in the second, are commemorated on bronze plaques

Manchester Evening News · Jan 31, 2022

AAP leader Rai urges PM Modi to set up freedom fighters' memorial in front of Rashtrapati Bhawan

Gopal Rai said that India Gate was built by the Britishers in the memory of soldiers martyred during First World War and name of not even a single martyr of country's freedom movement is there on India Gate.

The Hindu · Jan 24, 2022