Battle of Mons

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Name: Battle of Mons

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Leger Holidays announces new First World War anniversary tours for 2014

With 2014 marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, Leger Holidays is launching three special battlefield tours to commemorate some of the key dates and locations.One of the new tours, the ‘Great War Centenary Tour: The Western ... [Published Travel Bulletin - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: World War I, Battle of Mons, First Battle of Ypres, Belgium, American Civil War

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Halton to host homecoming march of the Mercian Regiment

Major Eddie Pickering discusses the Mercian Regiment homecoming march with the Mayor and Mayoress of Halton, Clrs Tom and Angela McInerneyTHE homecoming march of the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment is being hosted in Halton on Tuesday, June 11.Local ... [Published Runcorn and Widnes World - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Tom McInerney, World War I, Sherwood Foresters, Battle of Mons, Gallipoli (Italy)

First reported Feb 24 2013 - Updated Feb 24 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Gove

Only Left-wingers could think killing and maiming is a giggle

What is wrong with Left-wing people? Why are so many of them so filled with violent hatred of anyone who disagrees with them?Why has so little attention been paid to the cruel, bloodstained words of John O’Farrell, the official Labour candidate in the ... [Published Mail Online - Peter Hitchens - Feb 24 2013]

Entities: Michael Gove, Margaret Thatcher, John O'Farrell

First reported Feb 19 2013 - Updated Feb 19 2013 - 1 reports

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Sandhurst should send back King Hamad's soiled donation

Mons Hall commemorates an epic WWI battle: renaming it after Bahrain's despotic ruler is wrongColumn Crispin Black LAST UPDATED AT 08:52 ON Tue 19 Feb 2013 MONS HALL at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst is to be renamed King Hamad Hall after a £3 ... [Published The First Post: Latest - Feb 19 2013]

Entities: Donations, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Bahrain

First reported Feb 19 2013 - Updated Feb 19 2013 - 1 reports

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 19 Feb 2013

PISTORIUS IN COURT AS REEVA IS CREMATEDOscar Pistorius has arrived at court in Pretoria for his bail hearing. Prosecutors are expected to reveal whether they are pressing a case of murder, which would carry a 10-15-year sentence, or premeditated murder, ... [Published The First Post: Latest - Feb 19 2013]

Entities: Kelly Hoppen, William Boyd, Bahrain, Battle of Mons, Paula Wilcox

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Leger said: "It’s difficult to imagine what it must have been like for those brave soldiers, but a battlefield tour with one of our guides goes some way towards helping you to understand a little more."

Homes from home: Cornwall comes out on top in self-catering report [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 07 2013]

The Ministry of Defence can't see the problem and issued this bureaucratic-Orwellian statement on Monday: "All donations to Sandhurst are in compliance with the UK's domestic and international legal obligations and our values as a nation.” "

Sandhurst should send back King Hamad's soiled donation [Published The First Post: Latest - Feb 19 2013]

...The title remained secret, but the estate has revealed that "it will see a return to the classic Bond era, featuring a 45-year-old 007 in 1969" . Publication will be in September

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 19 Feb 2013 [Published The First Post: Latest - Feb 19 2013]