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Blyth Spartans Ladies football team in 1918

Stage play celebrating forgotten female footballers during WWI coming to Clapham

A stage play commemorating Britain’s forgotten female footballers during the First World War is coming to Clapham later this month.

London Welsh Rugby Club commemorate fallen on Armistice Day

On Saturday, London Welsh Rugby Club held a memorial service and unveiled a plaque commemorating their players who died fighting

Chelsea Pensioners honour ‘Army recruits who sacrificed lives’ as Royal Mint produces Pals Battalion coin

Chelsea Pensioners are among those to be commemorated  by the Royal Mint as the theme of the 2016 £2 coin

Carshalton MP calls for monument to recognise ‘sacrifices and bravery’ of WWI Sikh soldiers in British Army

A monument to the sacrifices and bravery of Sikh soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War has

Carved in Stone: Merton WWI memorial project looks back at ‘chilling’ war-time heritage

A new heritage project exploring the ‘chilling’ realities of Merton in the First World War was launched at Morden Library

History buffs get chance to delve into borough’s past at annual Wandsworth Heritage Festival

Pioneering pilots, cinema-managing spies and the poetic offerings of those wounded in war are just some of the highlights at

‘The centre of a little universe’: Tooting historian appeals for help to tell WWI soldiers’ story

In a small alcove in St Mary’s Church on Wimbledon Road sits an inconspicuous First World War memorial inscribed with

Heroic animals who sacrificed lives during World War One honoured at London memorial service

Humans and animals came together to pay their respect to the animals who gave their lives on military service today.

From Fulham to Flanders: Footballers who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War

It’s hard to imagine not being able to access the unprecedented amount of football we as fans have nowadays, but 100

‘Dynamic duo’ aim to recruit 100 volunteers to sell record number of poppies in Fulham

A kind-hearted Fulham couple aim to sell a record number of poppies for this year’s Poppy Appeal with help from

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