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WW1 Veterans Recall Executions WW1 Veterans Recall Executions
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Video duration: 198 seconds

During WWl, over 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed for desertion or cowardice - some as young as 14.
Ahead of Armistice Day, Charles Wheeler spoke to some veterans of the Great War about the executions.
10th November 2005

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Passchendaele Newton-le-Willows Passchendaele Newton-le-Willows
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Video duration: 516 seconds

A tribute to the men of Newton-le-Willows and Earlestown who fell in the Great War to the music of Iron Maiden. Further info at www.nlwmemorial.org

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Last Scottish Veteran of WW1 Dies Last Scottish Veteran of WW1 Dies
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Video duration: 123 seconds

Alfred Anderson, Scotland's last link to the Great War and the country's oldest man, has died at the age of 109.
The Black Watch veteran was one of the first soldiers to be sent to France in 1914. Sally McNair reports.
21st November 2005

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Corporal William Clark - Somme 1916 Corporal William Clark - Somme 1916
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Video duration: 149 seconds

Relatives of those who fought in the battle of the Somme during the First World War are marking its 90th anniversary.
Robert Hall joined one man searching for a great-uncle who was killed in the battle, in northern France.
28th June 2006

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Harry Patch, 109, at Passchendaele Harry Patch, 109, at Passchendaele
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Video duration: 76 seconds

The last known surviving British soldier to have fought in the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has returned to the site of the Battle of Passchendaele.
"War is a calculated and condoned slaughter of human beings"
30th July 2007

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WW1 Remains Found Near Ypres WW1 Remains Found Near Ypres
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Video duration: 103 seconds

The remains of three British soldiers who died at Ypres in 1914 have been recovered by amateur archaeologists.
One body from the World War I battlefield has been provisionally identified as Pte Richard Lancaster. Alix Kroeger reports.
14th April 2006

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Veterans Visit Passchendaele 1987 Veterans Visit Passchendaele 1987
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Video duration: 95 seconds

Veterans return to scenes of one of the bloodiest battle of World War I to commemorate its 70th anniversary.
11th July 1987

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Frederick Dancox VC Remembered Frederick Dancox VC Remembered
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Video duration: 141 seconds

A war hero from Worcestershire has been remembered at a ceremony in Belgium, nearly 90 years after his death.
The family of Frederick Dancox, who won the Victoria Cross during the Great War, attended the event. Cath Mackie reports.
11th September 2006

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Alfred Anderson 109 Alfred Anderson 109
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Video duration: 116 seconds

A bust of the last surviving Scottish First World War veteran has been presented to the Black Watch museum by his family.
Alfred Anderson died last year at the age of 109. The Black Watch was his old regiment.
8th Feb 2006

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Wilfred Owen Remembered Wilfred Owen Remembered
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Video duration: 138 seconds

The anniversary of the death of one of our greatest war poets born and raised in Shropshire takes place this month.
Wilfred Owen's life and works will be commemorated on Radio Three after Remembrance Day. Joanne Writtle reports.
7th November 2006

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Gallipoli Remembrance 1 Gallipoli Remembrance 1
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Video duration: 79 seconds

Australian, New Zealand and British leaders have remembered the soldiers who died at Gallipoli during the First World War.
Britain's Prince Charles was among those attending a dawn ceremony at Gallipoli. Jonny Dymond reports from Gallipoli.
25th April 2005

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Remembrance Day Explained Remembrance Day Explained
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Video duration: 182 seconds

Nick Higham explains how Remembrance Day - which marks the end of WW1 - originated.
14th November 2004

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Pilgrimage to Passchendaele Pilgrimage to Passchendaele
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Video duration: 122 seconds

A former soldier returns from a pilgrimage to discover where his relative died during World War I.
16 Jul 2007 BBC

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Welsh Poet Hedd Wynn Death At Passchendaele Welsh Poet Hedd Wynn Death At Passchendaele
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Video duration: 98 seconds

Ninety years since he died at Passchendaele in World War I, bard Hedd Wyn is still remembered.
30th July 2007

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Schoolchildren Visit to Somme Battlefield Schoolchildren Visit to Somme Battlefield
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Video duration: 153 seconds

When the First World War started thousands of young men, many in their teens, volunteered to fight.
Many were killed on the first day of the Somme. Charles Wheeler reports on how one school remembers fallen pupils.
28th June 2006

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