Ridgeway School chosen to represent the UK in Battle of the Somme education programme
Ridgeway School has been selected to represent the UK in a special education programme to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
As living memory of what was one of the deadliest battles of the First World War fades, the programme – designed by the British Council - aims to raise...
ENGLAND and Exeter Chiefs rugby star Jack Nowell has discovered that a family member was among the soldiers who fell on the first day of the battle of the Somme and who will be commemorated in an astonishing centenary project this summer.
The 19240 Shrouds of the Somme project aims to remember all 19,240 allied soldiers who died on 1st July 1916. Artist Rob Heard has created hand-...
Legion’s Remembrance programme includes free community toolkit, a free-to-download app with Dan Snow, daily vigils at the Thiepval Memorial in France and a full programme of Legion activity at The National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s year-round centre of Remembrance.
The Royal British Legion has launched an ambitious programme calling on communities across the UK to commemorate the...
THE first shrouded figures in an astonishing grand-scale art installation in memory of those who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme have gone on sale.
Artist Rob Heard is creating 19,240 hand-stitched figurines to represent each man who died on that day, one hundred years ago, at the beginning of the notorious World War I battle.
