First World War Centenary News Archive

October 19, 2014 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: First Battle of Ypres

19th October 1914: The First Battle of Ypres, fought in Belgium, saw heavy losses on both sides.

October 20, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Latest photos of Tower of London’s ceramic poppy fields

Centenary News reader James Crawford has sent us photos that he took yesterday, Sunday 19th October, of the ceramic poppy fields at the Tower of London.

October 21, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

£11.5m UK lottery grant awarded to transform Battle of Jutland veteran HMS Caroline

The UK Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £11.5 million to the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to conserve and restore HMS Caroline, the only survivor of the 1916 Battle of Jutland.

October 21, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Sport and the First World War to be marked at London Sports Writing Festival this week

The role of sportsmen in the First World War will be discussed at talks being held as part of the London Sports Writing Festival, starting on October 23rd 2014 at Lord’s Cricket Ground.

End Date: 25 Oct 2014

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Victoria Wallace becomes first woman to lead the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Victoria Wallace became the first woman Director General of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) when she took up her post on October 20th 2014.

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Centenary update: 15 British soldiers being reburied in France today

Fifteen British soldiers are being reburied today (October 22nd 2014) at a Commonwealth cemetery in France, 100 years after their deaths in fighting near the Belgian border.

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Poet Andrew Motion reads at Leeds University Centenary commemorations

The former UK Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, will be taking part in marking the First World War Centenary at Leeds University on October 22nd 2014.

End Date: 22 Oct 2014