04/08/2014 Newsround

You're watching a special Newsround with me, Ricky, from France.

On this day exactly 100 years ago, World War I began.

It was the biggest war the world had ever seen and had a huge impact

In Newsround at ten past ten, we'll be telling you how the war

affected women, with the story of a brave nurse called Nelly.

But first, do you know someone from your family who fought in the war?

Well, we travelled to Belgium with one boy called Matthew to retrace

his great-great-grandfather's footsteps.

Every year, huge numbers of people come here to places like this.

This is Lijssenthoek cemetery, where more than 10,000 soldiers are

For many, it's the beginning of an emotional journey.

For others, it's so much more than just a school trip.

These kids have travelled all the way from Cheshire.

They include Matthew, who wants to find out more about

So, Matthew, that means a little bit more to you

because you have a family relative who fought during the war.

And do you know much about him and what he did during the war?

Martin, you've been looking into this a bit for us.

He is someone you can be extremely proud of.

He was in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers so we are talking about the time

when the British Army was stopping the might of the German army as they

This is one of the hardest phases of war you could ever fight.

Chaos, Germans at the front pushing you.

They were issued ammunition which didn't work very well

They had to bang the rifles with shovels to get them to reload.

He did eventually pass away, though, didn't he?

He was part of this and they managed to hold to the Germans and

Your great-grandfather stood, fought, held to the Germans and

saved basically the whole of Britain from falling under the German army.

Sadly, of course, on the 21st of October 1914, he was killed.

Matthew's great-great-grandfather wasn't buried somewhere like here,

Sadly, his body was never recovered, along with 90,000 British soldiers

whose bodies still lie in the fields around us.

But he is remembered on the Menin Gate,

You will be able to see your great-grandfather's name there.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years dull them.

And in the morning, we will remember them.

Every night at eight in the evening, people lay wreaths

and pay their respects to the fallen soldiers here at this memorial.

There are 54,500 names on here. Soldiers missing in action. 90,000

altogether but 54,500 commemorated here. On this panel are the Royal

Welch Fusiliers. This is where your great-great-grandfather's name is.

Yeah, it's the third one from the top on the right. William Wells.

It's the first time you've ever seen it. Yeah. How does that make you

feel? Quite proud. It must be difficult for relatives to find

names on here, there are so many. There is a book just there and they

are in alphabetical order and it is divided into different panels. This

is panel 22 so we looked him up and sure enough there he is. There are

many events taking place today to mark Britain's involvement in World

War I. There is a special Horrible Histories.

Well, for loads more on World War I, go the the website,

where you'll find our guide to the war, a gallery of the animals that

helped out in the war effort, and a report on what life was like for

The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow ended with a spectacular closing

ceremony at Hampden Park last night, rounding off what has been called

More than 2000 performers, including the mighty Kylie Minogue, took part

in the event which brought to an end 11 days of sparkling competition.

The Games will be hosted by Australia's Gold Coast in 2018.

Scotland and England enjoyed their most successful

The hosts won 19 gold medals - a record for them.

And England topped the table with 58 golds.

In one of the last events of the Games, Wales's Geraint Thomas cycled

to victory in the men's road race to take the Welsh tally to five golds.

Northern Ireland collected 12 medals altogether,

Finally, the Isle of Man finished with a silver, thanks to

Next, scientists have got a glimpse of life deep below the waves on the

An underwater robot has been used to gather pictures from the sea mount,

Its peak is 1000m beneath the surface, so no-one had been able

The team discovered all sorts of different plants and animals,

Join us back here at ten past ten, where we'll be telling you how

women became involved in the war, as nurses, in factories and

as farm workers, and how the war changed society forever.