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Travellers remember fallen Anzacs at Gallipoli battlefields

Travellers from Australia and New Zealand joined Turkish and other nations’ dignitaries at the former First World War battlefields at Gallipoli for a solemn service at dawn on Monday to remember troops killed during an unsuccessful British-led ...

25 Apr 2022 at 08:55

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Remains of 17 French soldiers who died in First World War battle laid to rest

The remains of 17 missing French soldiers who fought in the Battle of Gallipoli in the First World War have been handed over to French military officials and put to rest alongside other fallen comrades more than a century after their deaths. ...

24 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Falklands war report kept for 30 years donated to veterans’ charity

A government report on the Falklands War signed by Margaret Thatcher has been donated to a veterans’ charity to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the conflict. A copy of the Falklands Island Review was donated to The Poppy Factory by ...

04 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Life in post-First World War Britain revealed as 1921 census is released

The lives of every man, woman and child living in England and Wales in 1921 have been revealed like never before, with detailed census returns from Windsor Castle and Chequers to cramped family homes made available to the public for the ...

06 Jan 2022 at 07:25

Northern Ireland

Irish language skills of Great War soldiers from loyalist heartland revealed

Researchers studying the backgrounds of Great War soldiers from a part of Belfast traditionally associated with loyalism have discovered that 74 of them were Irish speakers. Many of the gaeilgeoiri from inner east Belfast who fought in ...

30 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Soldiers laid to rest more than a century since they fell in Battle of Loos

Two British soldiers killed during the Battle of Loos have finally been laid to rest with full military honours more than a century after they died. Private William Johnston, of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and an ...

05 May 2022 at 14:25

I hope more war heroes can be identified and given proper burials, says relative

The great-great-niece of a soldier who died in the Battle for Loos more than a century ago said she hoped more families would be able to see their war hero relatives identified and given the burial they deserve. The remains of ...

05 May 2022 at 14:55

Crocodile found under school floorboards goes on display

A 120-year-old crocodile discovered under the floorboards of a school classroom in Wales has gone on display. The remains of the giant saltwater crocodile, which were found by workmen in June 2019, have been meticulously ...

16 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Local News

Derry arts centre to collaborate with acclaimed artist Joe Caslin

Derry's Nerve Centre has been awarded funding to deliver an artistic commission with street artist Joe Caslin as part of the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund, a national partnership programme of over 20 artist commissions ...

11 May 2023 at 10:33

British soldier laid to rest in Ypres more than 100 years after death

A First World War soldier has finally been laid to rest more than 100 years after his death, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The body of Private Robert Kenneth Malcolm, a 23-year-old stretcher bearer from ...

10 May 2023 at 20:13

First World War baby sells Somerset home after living there for 102 years

A woman born months after the end of the First World War is selling her house in Somerset after living there for 102 years, an estate agent has said. Nancy “Joan” Gifford is putting her three-bedroom house on ...

21 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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Fancy digging up the past?

Ever fancy digging deeper into the past to discover why certain events shaped our lives? Well, now Donegal County Museum lined up a fascinating number of events this month to hopefully answer some of your ...

04 May 2023 at 12:33

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