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  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary46-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary26-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary13-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater walks past TV presenters among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary06-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary34-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary06-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt is interviewed for TV among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary15-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary09-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary47-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary10-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary27-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary08-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary05-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary04-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary02-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary29-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary28-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary01-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary37-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater adjusts some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary07-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary32-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary15-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary09-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary03-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary45-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary42-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt is interviewed for TV among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary16-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a blue light beam points up to gathering clouds over London. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary48-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary14-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary03-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary44-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary24-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary23-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary19-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary11-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater adjusts some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary08-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary38-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary35-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary33-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary12-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary05-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary13-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary24-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary20-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary18-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary10-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary07-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary02-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, General the Lord Dannatt stands among some of the ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins.  Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations. General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL (born 1950) is a retired British Army officer and the incumbent Constable of the Tower of London.
    ww1_centenary17-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary36-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, visitors to the Heritage Lottery funded, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace Street Gallery in St James's Park, central London, an outdoor exhibition of photography by Michael St Maur Sheil's 7-year project recording the landscapes of battefields along the Western front. Aerial views of Beaumont Hamel trenches include scarring in the land by shell holes. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations.
    ww1_centenary22-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Two women gaze at the names of war dead at the Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
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  • The WW1 Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_cemetery06-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval02-20-08-2003.jpg
  • The WW1 Somme Courcelette cemetery. Courcelette was a major tactical objective in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Somme Offensive of the First World War during which the nearby village was razed. Courcelette is 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Cemetery, signposted in the village, is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track (suitable for cars) from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres.
    WW1_cemetery07-20-08-2003.jpg
  • The last customers help themselves to sweets at the Pic n Mix dispenser in the closing Camberwell branch of Woolworths.
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  • Thorns coming through broken window at the former WW2 Old Buckenham airfield, built during 1942-43 for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force. It was given designation USAAF Air Station 144. The group flew B-24 Liberators as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign. Throughout combat, the unit served chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization. Targets included a fuel depot at Dulmen, marshalling yards at Paderborn, aircraft assembly plants at Gotha, railway centres at Hamm, an ordnance depot at Glinde, oil refineries at Gelsenkirchen, chemical works at Leverkusen, an airfield at Neumünster, a canal at Minden, and a railway viaduct at Altenbeken. James "Jimmy" Stewart, the Hollywood movie star, was Group Operations Officer at Old Buckenham during the spring of 1944.
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  • Sheets of posters telling the last customers of the closure and liquidation of the Woolworths Camberwell branch ..
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  • Tribute to a lost generation and the clock at Cornhill. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
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  • A young boy browses through last remaining DVDs in the closing Camberwell branch of Woolworths department store...
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  • The Kurhaus in Meran-Merano on the Passer Promenade, South Tyrol, northern Italy - used for congresses, spa facilities and culture. Constructed at a time when Meran became a popular spa resort due to the frequent visits of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and the aristocracy. The building's original structure, which is today's west wing, was constructed in 1874 while the newer wing was added in 1912 and 1914 by the Viennese Jugendstil architect Friedrich Ohmann. The exterior features a large portico with columns and is decorated with allegorical statues.
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  • Remains of WW1 shell craters and German trenches at the Beaumont-Hamel battlefield memorial, France. The site is dedicated Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. During the First World War, Beaumont-Hamel was very close to the front lines of the conflict and saw heavy combat, especially during the Battle of the Somme which was the largest Allied offensive of the entire war. Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.
    WW1_battlefield03-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
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  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
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  • Locals from Cirencester sit below the first world war memorial on the church wall in the city centre.
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  • Young smoking man of today and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
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  • Tribute to the London Regiment's battalions: In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
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  • Remains of WW1 shell craters and German trenches at the Beaumont-Hamel battlefield memorial, France. The site is dedicated Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. During the First World War, Beaumont-Hamel was very close to the front lines of the conflict and saw heavy combat, especially during the Battle of the Somme which was the largest Allied offensive of the entire war. Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.
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  • Young men of today and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial12-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Tribute to the London Regiment's battalions: In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial09-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Modern man and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial02-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
    WW1_cemetery05-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
    WW1_cemetery04-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Remains of WW1 shell craters and German trenches at the Beaumont-Hamel battlefield memorial, France. The site is dedicated Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. During the First World War, Beaumont-Hamel was very close to the front lines of the conflict and saw heavy combat, especially during the Battle of the Somme which was the largest Allied offensive of the entire war. Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.
    WW1_battlefield04-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Unearthed and rusting WW1 shells from the Somme battlefield, piled up at Le Tommy Bar, Poziere, France .
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  • The last day of liquidated trading for shoppers in the closing Camberwell branch of Woolworths. ..
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  • Tribute to a lost generation and pillars of the Lord Mayor's Mansion House. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial07-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
    WW1_cemetery03-20-08-2003.jpg
  • WW1 Ovillers cemetery, the resting place of allied and commonwealth war dead from the Somme, France.
    WW1_cemetery01-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Set among idyllic fields of corn, the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France - once the location of fierce  first world war battle.
    WW1_cemetery02-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Ten jets of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, fly over the Victoria Memorial opposite Buckingham Palace in London, on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 100th birthday. Tourists watch as the ten aircraft leave a trail of patriotic red, white and blue smoke in honour of the monarch's elderly mother whose centenary was celebrated  in lavish style with cultural events and church services. The memorial to Queen Victoria was built by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock, in 1911. The surround was constructed by the architect Sir Aston Webb, from 2,300 tons of white marble and is a Grade I listed building. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
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