World War I Commemorations in
Great Britain in 2009
Nederlandse
versie, |
In Great Britain: |
Throughout
Great Britain - 10 November
Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the local War Memorials. Remembrance Services in
the local church(es).
Info: local Tourism Office or Town Hall.
British Grenadier Guards marching towards Buckingham Palace in London.
In the Boer War these troops shared the brunt of the fighting, and it was in South
Africa that their leader lost his arm. The Prince of Wales was a second lieutenant
in this regiment.
Source: http://www.greatwar.nl
Info:
http://ww1cemeteries.com/
Info:
French homage to the British
troops: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tanneguy.desplanques/gg/index.htm
Throughout Great Britain - 11 November
Two minutes of silence at
11,00 hrs.
Info:
Royal British Legion.
T:
+44-20-7973 7200.
Trench construction diagram from a 1914 British infantry manual.
German stormtroopers supported by a flammenwerfer on the Marne, May 1917.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare
More informations in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/trench/
Website
of Belgian National Remembrance Committe
