David Cameron: all school pupils should go to First World War graves Our duty with these commemorations is clear. To honour those who served. To remember those who died. And to ensure that the lessons learnt live with us for ever. Under the plans for Britain's memorials, there will be £5 million to educate children about the Great War, another £5 million to improve the Imperial War Museum, and £5 million for young people involved in war conservation projects. Communities will be able to apply for their own slice of the £50 million centenary money for ideas such as football matches to mark the 1914 Christmas Day Truce, or sowing commemorative poppies in the UK. During a personal speech, Mr Cameron spoke of his own relatives who fought in world wars and his love for the poets Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sasson and Robert Graves, who recorded their experiences. He said the First World War "matters not just in our heads, but in our hearts," which must give countries across Europe "a confidence and determination never to go back." "However frustrating and however difficult the debates in Europe, 100 years on we sort out our differences through dialogue at meetings around conference tables, not through the battle on the fields of Flanders or the frozen lakes of Western Russia," the Prime Minister added. A new advisory board to plan the centenary will include Sebastian Faulks, the author of World War One fiction, Professor Hew Strachan, the historian, and two former defence secretaries, Lord King of Bridgwater and Baron Robertson of Port Ellen. Events will run from a national commemoration for the first day of conflict on August 4, 2014, until events to mark 100 years since Armistice Day in 2018. Key battles such as the Somme, Jutland, Gallipoli and Passchendaele will also be remembered with a programme of cultural and educational events.