Victoria station marks the centenary of the arrival of the Unknown WarriorA pop-up exhibition has opened at Victoria station to commemorate the anniversary of the arrival of the Unknown Warrior at the station a century ago.
The forgotten story of Chinese aid for the British in WW1One of the rarely told stories of WW1, how over 140,000 Chinese travelled to Europe to support the Allied forces is the subject of a fascinating exhibition at the Brunei Gallery in central London.
Crossrail unveils a Dead Man’s PennyA 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.
London Transport Museum secures funding for war galleryLondon 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 ArmisticeOne 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 memorialOn 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 BridgeOne 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 LondonFor 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 MemorialA 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 moatThe 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.
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,
An exhibition at the Science Museum looks at what happens when diplomacy fails, and war shatters people, in body and mind.
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 warThe 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.
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.
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.
A modest, but historically fascinating view of an often unseen aspect of WW1 has gone on display in the sumptuous Maughan Library.
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.
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