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Salient Points - News From The Front |
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Remember to check back here for regular updates! |
Last updated 7th August 2006 |
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Want to add your news? - email ryan@salientpoints.com today! |
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August 2006 |
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July 2006 |
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Imperial War Museum online exhibition marks the Battle of The Somme |
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Military Aerial Photography & Archaeology Conference (Oct) Ypres |
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Prince of Wales Marks 90th Anniversary of The Somme & more at BBC website |
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June 2006 |
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Henry Allingham reaches 110 and meets Gordon Brown in Eastbourne |
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May 2006 |
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April 2006 |
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March 2006 |
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February 2006 |
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January 2006 |
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December 2005 |
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November 2005 |
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The UK Holocaust Centre 10th Anniversary & Their Past Your Future Touring IWM Exhibition |
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17,500 WWII HEROES RETURNED - LOTTERY ROLL OF HONOUR FOR FINAL SALUTE |
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Henry Allingham visits St. Omer in Armistice Day commemorations |
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October 2005 |
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Henry Allingham received honourary membership to Fleet Air Arm Association |
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September 2005 |
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NEW MONUMENT REPLACES TUBE VENTILATION OUTLET AS NATION REMEMBERS THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN |
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August 2005 |
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July 2005 |
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Day by Day account of Veterans Awareness Week & National Commemoration Day |
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Poppy Drop in London to mark the end of National Commemoration Day |
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June 2005 |
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May 2005 |
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April 2005 |
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VE Day Commemoration Concert at Trafalgar Square - Sunday 8th May |
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Royal British Legion "Victory Thanks" Official Website & Programme of Events |
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March 2005 |
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Free Tickets available for National Event Commemorating the 60th anniversary of WWII |
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French War Poet Guillaume Apollinaire - Translated Book Available |
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Academy Award Nominated - Best Foreign Film "Downfall" - Germany, April 1945 |
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Events in the Ypres Salient weekend 22nd April - First Gas Attack Anniversary |
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February 2005 |
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We'll Meet Again - Have you lost touch with old friends and service colleagues from World War II? |
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January 2005 |
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World Remembers Holocaust at Snow Swepped Auschwitz (Reuters) |
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New Warner Brothers Film 'A Very Long Engagement' Official Site |
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December 2004 |
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November 2004 |
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Poppies projected onto Shell Building in London and petal drop to mark Remembrance Services for 2004 |
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Siegfried Sassoon Unpublished Poem Article from The Guardian |
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October 2004 |
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October & November Events & News from the Zonnebeke & Passchendale Region Flanders |
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The National Archives - World War Two Merchant Navy medals online |
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The Great War Remembered - Musical evocation in Ieper November 11th |
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September 2004 |
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Henry Allingham at the St Omer RFC Memorial 90 years on Sunday Mirror |
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August 2004 |
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British Air Services Memorial St Omer - 90th Anniversary unveiling 11th September 2004 |
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Coverage of the 90th Anniversary Commemorations at the Cenotaph, London |
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Salient Points enlists its support as a member of Veterans History Project |
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90th Anniversary of WW1 Remembrance Ceremony in London 4th August |
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July 2004 |
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June 2004 |
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Eastbourne Military Heroes in Preparation for D Day Anniversary |
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May 2004 |
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April 2004 |
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D-Day DUKW Tours! For more information click here |
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Eastbourne Military Heroes in Preparation for D Day Anniversary |
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Royal British Legion launch their dedicated charity bike ride website 'PoppyBike' |
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Save the former campsite of Stalag X B, later also known as concentration camp Sandbostel online petition here. |
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March 2004 |
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Official 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of France website |
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Free Normandy 39-45 image archive. Archive Normandy |
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Once more unto the Beach - Observer 21st March |
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War Heroes Blast D-Day Chaos - Observer 21st March |
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Calling all descendants of Canadian WW1 Veterans! Your chance to be in a unique reality documentary here. |
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Pathways to the Past - Online Research Exhibition opened by National Archives & IWM. |
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New animated GIF logos for you to use in linking to Salient Points here. |
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Sainte-Mere-Eglise - Hot news on The Greatest Generation Memorial Exhibit here. |
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I am pleased to announce this site has been recognised for its content and design in its aims to provide a useful 'portal' for those searching military related topics. Since its launch in September 2003, I have made many friends and contacts and thank them for their help in the upkeep of this site. |
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February 2004 |
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Help on tracing your family history here. |
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Researchers' find brings Wilfred Owen poem to life. Guardian story & BBC TV programme here. |
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New Website - D-Day & Beyond here. |
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BBC D-Day Stories here. |
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French relive D-Day here. |
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Veterans may need passes for D-Day Anniversary here. |
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Germany welcomes invite to D-Day Anniversary here. |
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Captured In Colour - Australian War Memorial Museum Rare Photo Exhibition Online here. |
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Memorial Museum Passchendale 1917 - Opens on Anzac Day, 25th April 2004. For more info click here. |
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D-Day MPEG Stills from new BBC Book & Film 24MB Download File here. |
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Re-enactment sites section added here. |
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More Bairnsfather memorial pictures added here. |
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Eastbourne Airbourne 2003 photos added here. |
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Cuckmere Haven WW2 defenses here. |
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January 2004 |
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D-Day Page Updated here. |
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Friends of In Flanders Fields Museum (IFF / VIFF) Launch their website here. |
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WW2 aerial pictures go online - Full story at The Guardian here. |
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December 2003 |
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Pictures from the Bairnsfather Memorial Day. Click Here |
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November 2003 |
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Update on the A19 motorway extension at Pilckem Ridge, Ieper. Click Here |
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Ypres Discovery - News from the BBC 10th November 2003 - Archaeologists excavating the route of a planned motorway (A19) near Ypres in Belgium have uncovered a series of trenches very little changed from the day they were abandoned at the end of World War I. Click Here |
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New Australian Memorial - News from the BBC 11th November 2003 - The Queen has marked Armistice Day by unveiling an Australian War Memorial in Hyde Park Corner, London. Crowds gathered to watch the ceremony, attended by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Australian PM John Howard and 27 Australian veterans. Click Here |
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Bairnsfather Day - Memorial Plaque and tour. Click here |
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October 2003 |
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All Quiet on The Western Front - New restoration release. Click here |
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First World War Poems - Andrew Motion new book & reading. Click here |
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Competition Page! Win a signed copy of 'Forgotten Voices of the Great War' by Max Arthur. Click here |
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