First World War Centenary News Archive

April 19, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Changing the Landscape’ – artist’s personal quest for great uncle killed on the Somme

Centenary News visits artist Sarah Kogan’s exhibition telling the story of her great uncle who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

April 20, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

WW1 Australian hospital sketches revealed in France

Previously unpublished portraits of Australian and British soldiers have been released online in a centenary tribute to the Allied forces who fought in France during the First World War.

April 20, 2016 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Rededication of Lafayette Escadrille Memorial to US WWI airmen

The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial outside Paris will be rededicated in a joint US/French ceremony on April 20th 2016.

End Date: 20 Apr 2016

April 20, 2016 CN Editorial TeamEvents

The Great War in the Middle East – Conference at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

A major international conference re-examining the origins, conduct and consequences of the First World War in the Middle East takes place at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from April 20-21 2016.

End Date: 21 Apr 2016

April 21, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

Jellicoe family items for display at UK navy museum’s Jutland exhibition

Uniform and medals belonging to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, British commander at the Battle of Jutland, will go on display as part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s forthcoming centenary exhibition.

April 22, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

IWM focus on historic Somme film for 2016 Centenary

The pioneering documentary,The Battle of the Somme, is at the centre of Imperial War Museums’ events marking the centenary of the 1916 offensive.

April 23, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago Today: Easter Rising starts in Dublin

Republican groups launched a revolt against British rule in Ireland on Easter Monday 1916 (April 24th), seizing a number of key buildings in Dublin.

April 24, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

Six British WW1 soldiers reburied in Ypres

Six British soldiers have been reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in Ypres, more than 100 years after they fell in Flanders during the First World War.

April 25, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

Ceremonies mark Centenary Anzac Day

The Centenary Anzac Day was marked on April 25th 2016 with traditional dawn services and remembrance ceremonies in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Ireland, Belgium and at Gallipoli itself.

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

Centenary update: Jutland debate postponed at UK Navy Museum

A Battle of Jutland debate – scheduled for May 9th 2016 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth – has been postponed.