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Pilot injured in light aircraft crash at First World War-era aerodrome event

The air show was advertised as a ‘festival of aviation’ to raise funds for the on-site First World War military aviation museum.

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Pilot seriously injured in crash at Stow Maries aerodrome air show

The sold-out show was advertised as a ‘festival of aviation’ to raise funds for the location's on-site First World War military aviation museum

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TV tonight: a wild French drama about first world war super-soldiers

The Sentinels is a riveting story with a sci-fi twist. Plus: who’s in the mood for some 00s’ bangers? Here’s what to watch this evening

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Landship review – soldiers yearn for tinned meat in muddy first world war drama that stays inside the tank

It’s too murky to distinguish one stiff upper lip from another in Callum Burn’s drama about a real-life mission that came unstuck

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Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe

Cannes film festival: Lukas Dhont’s first world war-set gay romance is a heartfelt examination of cowardice and lives lived in secret amid the brutality of battle

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Princess Royal attends dawn Anzac Day service at Wellington Arch

Anzac Day commemorates the 1915 Gallipoli landing of Australian and New Zealand troops in the First World War.

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Anne rededicates First World War Menin Gate memorial to ‘remembrance and unity’

The princess also visited the grave of Queen Victoria’s grandson, Prince Maurice von Battenberg, who died fighting with the British Army.

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Person arrested on suspicion of arson after fire at First World War airfield

Firefighters tackled the blaze at Old Sarum Airfield in Salisbury, Wiltshire on April 17.

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Duchess of Edinburgh to attend Anzac Day commemorations in the capital

Anzac Day has been commemorated in the capital since the first anniversary of the First World War Anzac landings at Gallipoli, Turkey.

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Police recover stolen jewellery worth more than £1 million

The items include a Rolex watch belonging to a First World War officer, gold necklaces and several engraved pieces.

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Stolen jewellery worth more than £1 million recovered by Met

A Rolex watch belonging to a First World War officer, gold necklaces and several engraved pieces among items officers want to reunite with rightful owners

Evening Standard

‘£100 a ticket and toilets like a First World War latrine’ – Why racegoers are abandoning Cheltenham Festival

Overcrowding, expensive beer, and the exorbitant cost of attending the race are all putting off festival regulars this year

The Independent UK

From first world war diggers to Pavlova in Sydney: Australia’s pioneering press photos

Curated by veteran photographer Mike Bowers, an exhibition of Fairfax archive images reveals the public life of a nation – and the challenges of capturing it for the newspapers

The Guardian - AU

One to watch: Heartworms

British singer Jojo Orme, support act for St Vincent and more, may have cornered the market in gothic noir informed by a keen interest in the first world war

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Anne lays wreath to honour black South African labourers in First World War

The Princess Royal said the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial is ‘a reminder of a shared but sometimes difficult past’.

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Princess Royal to honour sacrifices of black South Africans in First World War

Anne will unveil the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial.

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Anne to mark non-combat work by black South Africans during First World War

The Princess Royal is president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Contaminated French soil yet to recover from the wounds of war

More than a century after the First World War, vast stretches of French soil remain contaminated, with some areas still too hazardous to access. Experts warn it could take 700 years to clear hidden munitions – the legacy of a conflict that wrought unprecedented destruction on the land.

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Experts confirm identity of First World War wreck found off Scottish coast

EXPERTS have confirmed the identity of a “remarkable” World War 1 wreck on the North Sea floor off the Scottish coast found in the summer ...

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Making friends with the enemy: what stories of soldiers’ unexpected battlefield meetings reveal about the trauma of war

James Brady, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the first world war, struggled to narrate the moment he was taken captive by German soldiers while serving on the western front. In the draft of his memoir, he crossed out and rewrote this section repeatedly.

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Lancashire memorial to first world war hero given Grade II-listed status

Stone memorial at church in Withnell tells story of Pte James Miller who was killed at Battle of Somme in 1916

The Independent UK

First World War memorial to brave soldier given Grade II listing

Private James Miller was shot as he left his trench to deliver a message.

The Guardian - UK

Poetic vision of a great uncle shot by a sniper in the first world war

Letter: NJ Ewbank on his great uncle, whose poor eyesight was an important factor in his untimely death in the first world war

The Independent UK

Pilot, 60, flying a replica German First World War fighter plane dies in crash at air show

The 60-year-old pilot was known as an ‘experienced’ replica restorer who adored historical aircraft

The Conversation

A Soldier’s Journey: new first world war memorial in Washington revitalises classic image of the ‘American doughboy’

America’s inaugural national memorial marking the first world war was unveiled this month in Washington DC, on the birthday of war commander General John J. Pershing – 106 years after the end of the war. We don’t often get to see a new memorial to a century-old war, especially one…

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