First World War Centenary News Archive

July 5, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: King George’s Fund for Sailors founded

Seafarers UK, a charity created as King George’s Fund for Sailors during the First World War to help seafarers’ families in need, marks its Centenary today (5 July 2017).

July 5, 2017 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: King George’s Fund for Sailors founded

5th July 1917: King George’s Fund for Sailors (today Seafarers UK) was founded during the First World War to help seafarers’ families in need.

July 9, 2017 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Article: Czechs remember Battle of Zborov Centenary – Radio Prague

An action won by Czechoslovak Legionaries during Russia's Kerensky Offensive marked a crucial moment in the fight for independence from Austria-Hungary, reflects Radio Prague.

July 9, 2017 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: HMS Vanguard explodes, killing more than 800

9th July 1917: The British battleship, HMS Vanguard, blew up in Scapa Flow, killing 843 crewmen.

July 10, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: HMS Vanguard blast kills more than 840

Commemorations have been held in Orkney to remember those lost when the British battleship, HMS Vanguard, blew up and sank on 9 July 1917.

July 10, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Russia’s last Great War offensive – July 1917

The Kerensky Offensive, Russia’s last major attack of the First World War, was fought on the Eastern Front 100 years ago.

July 14, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Lest We Forget’ – Oxford campaign to save WW1 stories for future generations

An Oxford University team is leading a UK-wide drive to find and conserve First World War photos, letters and mementos beyond the close of the Centenary in 2018.

July 16, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

New ‘War Horse’ reading for 2017 Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

Author Michael Morpurgo will read a new short story in Ypres on Sunday 30 July at the start of commemorations for the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.

July 17, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

UK sites protected in memory of New Zealanders lost at Messines

Two monuments commemorating New Zealand’s WW1 soldiers have been protected on the advice of conservationists Historic England to mark the June 2017 Battle of Messines Centenary.

July 19, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: British Royal Family becomes House of Windsor

King George V changed his family’s name to Windsor on 17 July 1917 with a proclamation relinquishing use of all German titles.