First World War Centenary News Archive

February 21, 2017 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: South African troops lost in sinking of SS Mendi

21st February 1917: The troopship SS Mendi sank after a collision, claiming the lives of more than 600 South Africans in one of the worst First World War disasters in English coastal waters.

February 22, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Remembering the SS Mendi – South Africa leads centenary tributes

Centenary News reports from the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton, where South Africa held a service on February 20, commemorating more than 600 troops lost in the sinking of the SS Mendi.

February 27, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Battle of Chemin des Dames: Centenary dossier from Mission Centenaire

Articles and videos explaining the Battle of the Chemin des Dames have been released together online by Mission Centenaire for the April 2017 Centenary.

February 27, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Posters as Munitions, 1917’ – Centennial exhibition at US WW1 museum

A special exhibition illustrating the use of the poster as a propaganda weapon has opened at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

March 1, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Remembering World War I is essential’ – US Centennial Commissioner

The First World War was the ‘shaping event’ of the 20th century, and America should continue to learn from ‘this great tragedy’, says Dr Monique Brouillet Seefried, a US World War I Centennial Commissioner.

March 1, 2017 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Centennial Countdown Blog: ‘World War at US doorstep’, February 1917

The escalating diplomatic tension between Washington and Berlin after Germany's resumption of unrestricted U-boat warfare in February 1917 is discussed in this latest post from US blogger Dennis Cross.

March 1, 2017 CN Editorial TeamResources

Battle of Chemin des Dames: Centenary background from Mission Centenaire

Articles and videos explaining the Battle of the Chemin des Dames have been compiled online by Mission Centenaire for this year's 100th anniversary commemorations.

March 1, 2017 CN Editorial TeamEvents

‘Posters as Munitions, 1917’ – US WW1 Museum Exhibition

A centennial exhibition illustrating how posters were used as propaganda weapons runs at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, until February 2018.

End Date: 18 Feb 2018

March 3, 2017 CN Editorial TeamBooks

Book Review – The Western Front: Landscape, Tourism and Heritage

Battlefield guide Victor Piuk discovers new perspectives in this study of how the landscapes of the Great War have influenced a century of commemoration and tourism.

Publication Date: 27 Oct 2016

Author: Dr Stephen Miles

March 5, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: The Imperial War Museum founded during WW1

The Imperial War Museum was founded on 5 March 1917 when the British Government approved a proposal for a national museum to record events taking place while the First World War was still being fought.