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WWI Battlefield Crosses Museum website revealed

Cheltenham’s unique WWI Battlefield Crosses Museum – home to the surviving wooden grave-marker crosses of Cheltenham soldiers who fell on the battlefields of France and Belgium during the Great War – now has its own website thanks to sponsorship by the local funeral service, Mason & Stokes. The new…

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Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025 lineup announced

The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival returns 10-19 October with a must-see line up across 400+ events. The world's longest-running literature festival continues to lead the way in celebrating the written and spoken word. With a jam-packed programme over 10 days, this year it…

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Cheltenham to mark 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Cheltenham will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day on 15 August 2025, remembering both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War in 1945. To mark this anniversary, a short service led by Rev Graham Bowkett CF will be held at the war memorial on the Long…

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