Crossrail unveils a Dead Man’s Penny
A new plaque has been unveiled outside Crossrail’s Woolwich station featuring a so-called Dead Man’s Penny, given to the next of kin of those killed during WW1.
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London Transport Museum secures funding for war gallery
London Transport Museum has secured funding to develop a new gallery that will explore the role of London’s transport during the First and Second World Wars.
WW2 bomb map and a Lord Mayor’s response to the Armistice
One of the many maps of bomb damaged London has gone on show in the City of London’s heritage gallery, alongside a declaration about the end of WW1.
Finding the Cyprus Street war memorial
On a rather fine looking side street in Bethnal Green can be found a surprisingly impressive, and well maintained war memorial to the dead of WW1.
The day German U-Boats passed under Tower Bridge
One hundred years ago, four German submarines slipped through Tower Bridge and into the Port of London, heart of the city’s cargo trade.
For one week only – see 10,000 flames surround the Tower of London
For the remainder of this week, every evening, 10,000 individual flames will be lit within the moat of the Tower of London.
The Crockett’s Leathercloth Works War Memorial
A majestic lion lays bestride a war memorial in a post-war housing estate, a memory of those who worked nearby and died far away.
Tickets Alert: Flames to fill the Tower of London’s moat
The moat of the Tower of London will be filled with thousands of flames for one week only in an act of remembrance for the lives of the fallen during WW1.
Enter a ballot to march past the Cenotaph on Armistice Day
On 11 November 2018, following the traditional service of remembrance at the Cenotaph, members of the public will also have a unique opportunity to take part in a procession past the Cenotaph,
The shattered bodies of war at the Science Museum
An exhibition at the Science Museum looks at what happens when diplomacy fails, and war shatters people, in body and mind.
Extraordinary WW1 exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery
A curiously powerful and moving collection of art created by school children, but inspired by memories of WW1, with a Flanders trench like pathway to navigate.
The year schoolboys collected conkers for war
The schoolboy pastime of smashing conkers together was, for a short time, set aside as 100 years ago, the government ordered that all conkers be collected for the war effort.
See the Doughboys in the City of London
A large scale exhibition is currently on at the Guildhall in the City of London remembering the battlefields of WW1 in France, and the contribution made by the “doughboys” to the European war.
Just days to save the UK’s last WW1 submarine hunter from being scrapped
We have but a few days to prevent the last remaining submarine hunter of WW1 from being scrapped. HMS President has been moored by Blackfriars Bridge since 1922, as a training base and visitor centre.
Exhibition looks at how WW1 supported independence activists
A modest, but historically fascinating view of an often unseen aspect of WW1 has gone on display in the sumptuous Maughan Library.
Commemoration of the Unknown Warrior at Victoria Station
Yesterday evening, Victoria railway station saw a commemoration to the Unknown Warrior, whose body rested overnight in the station in 1920 prior to burial in Westminster Abbey.
Extraordinary photos of WW1 battle fields
A series of almost too beautiful photos that show the long aftermath of war have gone on display in the Guildhall Yard in the City of London.
Historic London Bus Heads to France for Somme Anniversary
A one-hundred year old London bus will be heading to France later this month, to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
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