First World War Centenary News Archive

July 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

30,000th Last Post at the Menin Gate tonight

The buglers of Ypres will sound the 30,000th Last Post tonight, with the event streamed live worldwide.

July 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

30,000th Last Post: County Durham fire stations in UK host July 9 tributes

Fire stations in the County Durham area of Northern England will be among those hosting tributes marking the 30,000th Last Post ceremony in Ypres on July 9th 2015.

End Date: 09 Jul 2015

July 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

30,000th Last Post: Ypres’ UK twin town joins tribute

The Kent town of Sittingbourne is taking part in the international commemoration marking the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post in Ypres.

July 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

30,000th Last Post at the Menin Gate

The Last Post will be sounded for the 30,000th time at the Menin Gate in Ypres on July 9th 2015.

End Date: 09 Jul 2015

July 11, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Global tributes mark 30,000th Last Post in Ypres

Worldwide tributes accompanied the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, in Ypres, on July 9th 2015.

July 13, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Budapest exhibition opens for Great War Centenary

Hungary’s role in the First World War is explored in a Centenary exhibition which has opened in Budapest.

July 15, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Brussels conference to debate ‘impact of Great War on nations and nationalism’

Academics gather in Brussels in October 2015 for an international conference focussing on the First World War as a key event in the development of the European nation state.

End Date: 15 Oct 2015

July 15, 2015 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Undeveloped First World War negatives discovered in German library archives

Centenary News writer, Katherine Quinlan-Flatter, describes how her research into the life of a young German doctor at the Western Front has led her to rediscover an undeveloped film of the last days of the war in a German archive.

Author: Katherine Quinlan-Flatter

July 15, 2015 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Undeveloped First World War negatives discovered in German library archives

July 16, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Somme Centenary 2016 – ticket limit for Lochnagar Crater service

Entry to the Somme commemoration service at Lochnagar Crater on July 1st 2016 is to be restricted to 5,000 ticket holders for safety reasons.