First World War

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500 children to take centre stage at special concert to mark WW1 centenary

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Replica WW1 trenches dug for the Steam Fair to stay in place during centenary as tribute

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VIDEO: First World War Christmas truce marked 100 years on with special football match

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Our 1,100 fallen soldiers: tales of the brave Bournemouth men who lost their lives in the Great War

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Labour of love: beautiful poppy tribute made by blind and partially sighted

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Story of the Badcock family who moved to Boscombe for ‘war work’

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Ernest Elton: the boy born out of wedlock who went on to become flying ace during WW1

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Tin Town Hospital: the New Forest unit where thousands of wounded soldiers were treated

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November 11, 1919: Armistice Signed

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'Wall' of poppies created by pupils as tribute to those who fell in Great War

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A poem for Armistice Day by Bournemouth's Poet Laureate

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VIDEO: Commonwealth war heroes remembered in poignant ceremony at ‘forgotten’ site

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A roll of honour for Bournemouth's WW1 dead

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VIDEO: 'We need to be thankful for their memory' - thousands turn for Remembrance service in Poole

East Dorset

VIDEO: Young and old come together to honour fallen heroes in Wimborne

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VIDEO: Wreaths laid and bells ring out on poignant Remembrance Sunday in Christchurch

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VIDEO: Thousands gather to pay their respects at Bournemouth's Remembrance Sunday service

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VIDEO: Hundreds line the streets of Swanage to cheer on Remembrance Sunday parade

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Our tribute: family uses hundreds of handmade poppies to create garden of remembrance for war dead

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November 9, 1914: Recruiting in Bournemouth - more men wanted for 7th Hants Reserve

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Wren is honoured to be joining Blind Veterans march to Cenotaph

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Exhibition brings stories of soldiers to life

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Remembering heroes of the great war

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Remembrance parade and wreath-laying to be held in Highcliffe

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Can you help Bournemouth's Poppy Appeal smash last year’s total of £25k?

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November 3, 1914: Welshmen billeted in Winton as more troops arrive in Bournemouth

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Reasons to remember: Littledown fireworks display to mark WW1 centenary with tribute to the armed forces

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October 30, 1914: Belgian wounded arrive in Christchurch

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October 24,1914: Battle of Mons hero buried at Boscombe

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October 22, 1914: No increase permitted for Belgian refugees in Bournemouth

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Annual poppy appeal launched in Ringwood with special event

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October 15, 1914: Members of Lord Kitchener's Army entertained at Liberal Hall

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Shot at Dawn: horrifying story of two Tommys during the First World War exposes truths

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World War One drama to premier at Bournemouth Town Hall – 100 years after building housed wounded soldiers

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Exhibition shows how Christchurch helped the war effort

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Stories from the “shirkers” who didn’t want to fight in the Great War

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September 3, 1914: Football Echo suspended during war

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September 3, 1914: Bournemouth's contribution to reservists

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First World War fallen remembered at Great Dorset Steam Fair

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Tiny tribute: the palm-sized statue honouring the fallen from First World War

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August 17, 1914: All Germans to leave Bournemouth - Notice to 'alien' enemies

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Remembered: Victoria Cross hero and naval servicemen who died during the First World War

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Spot the gun tractor: First World War convoy set to roll across Dorset

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10th August, 1914: Bournemouth's help for the wounded - women's organisation formed

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8th August 1914: Help from Brockenhurst - hall turned into hospital

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Communities torn apart as fathers and sons lost in the war

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The Poole teenager who fought in two world wars but was sunk by the Luftwaffe

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Hundreds turn out for Christchurch commemorations

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Supermarket donates seeds to Bournemouth service veterans

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Remembering our heroes: Dorset marks centenary of First World War

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We Will Remember Them: coverage of the centenary of World War One

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Remembering the fallen

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VIDEO: Church packed out for special First World War service