First World War Centenary News Archive

June 1, 2016 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Somme Centenary – Battlefield photos at City of London exhibition

Michael St Maur Sheil's evocative photographs of First World War landscapes return to London on June 1st 2016 for an exhibition in Guildhall Yard marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.

End Date: 05 Jul 2016

June 4, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: Russia’s Brusilov Offensive on Eastern Front

General Aleksei Brusilov launched one of Russia’s most successful attacks of the Great War on June 4th 1916, advancing against Austro-Hungarian forces in present-day Western Ukraine.

June 4, 2016 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: Brusilov Offensive

4th June 1916: General Aleksei Brusilov launched one of Russia’s most successful attacks of the Great War, advancing against Austro-Hungarian forces in Western Ukraine.

June 5, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago Today: Lord Kitchener & more than 730 die in HMS Hampshire sinking

Britain’s War Minister, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, was killed at sea on June 5th 1916 soon after sailing from Orkney on a secret diplomatic mission to Russia.

June 5, 2016 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Orkney service remembers all those lost on HMS Hampshire

A remembrance service in the Orkney Islands on June 5th 2016 will pay tribute to more than 700 men lost in the sinking of the British warship, HMS Hampshire.

End Date: 05 Jun 2016

June 5, 2016 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: Britain’s War Minister Lord Kitchener killed at sea

5th June 1916: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener was among 737 men lost when the British cruiser, HMS Hampshire, struck a mine off the Orkney Islands.

June 6, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

More photos of the HMS Hampshire Centenary event in Orkney

More photos taken by Centenary News at the unveiling of the new memorial commemorating all those who died on the cruiser HMS Hampshire when it was sunk off the Orkney Islands in 1916 while taking Britain’s War Minister, Lord Kitchener, on a secret mission to Russia.

June 6, 2016 CN Editorial TeamNews

Orkney remembers the dead of HMS Hampshire

Centenary News reports from the Orkney Islands on the unveiling of a new memorial commemorating all those who died in the mine explosion which sank HMS Hampshire on June 5th 1916.

June 10, 2016 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

America prepares to remember – US views of WW1 Centennial

As the US National World War I Museum announces major expansion plans, Patrick Gregory asks if the approaching Centenary will raise American interest in the First World War.

Author: Patrick Gregory

June 10, 2016 CN Editorial TeamArticles

America prepares to remember – US views of WW1 Centennial

As the US National World War I Museum announces major expansion plans, Patrick Gregory asks if the approaching Centenary will raise American interest in the First World War.