First World War Centenary News Archive

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial TeamArticles

100 Years Ago: Bolsheviks seize power in the Russian Revolution

On the Centenary of the Bolshevik coup, Patrick Gregory looks back at the turmoil which propelled Lenin's revolutionaries to power in Russia during the First World War.

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: The Bolshevik Revolution

7th November 1917: Lenin’s Bolsheviks seized power in Russia, ousting the Provisional Government that had replaced Tsarist rule after Nicholas II’s abdication.

November 8, 2017 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Remembering cricketer Colin Blythe – Killed in Flanders 100 years ago

CN contributor Andy Moreton pays tribute to the champion cricketer, Colin Blythe, on the centenary of his death in the Great War.

Author: Andy Moreton

November 8, 2017 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Remembering cricketer Colin Blythe – Killed in Flanders 100 years ago

CN contributor Andy Moreton pays tribute to the champion cricketer, Colin Blythe, on the centenary of his death in the Great War.

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: Battle of Passchendaele ends

Canadian troops completed the capture of Passchendaele on 10 November 1917, ending the Allied offensive in Flanders known also as the Third Battle of Ypres.

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

CWGC launches new charity ‘bridging generation gap’ in remembrance

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is embarking on a new venture, encouraging young people to take forward remembrance of the dead of both world wars.

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele ends

10th November 1917: Canadian troops completed the capture of Passchendaele, ending the Allied offensive in Flanders known also as the Third Battle of Ypres.

November 13, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Zeebrugge Raid Centenary 2018 – Call for Papers

The National Museum of the Royal Navy is inviting papers for an April 2018 conference marking the centenary of Britain’s attempt to seal off German U-boat bases on the Belgian coast.

November 14, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

US digs in for start of ‘long overdue’ WW1 National Memorial in Washington

The new US National World War I Memorial has taken a significant step forward, with a ground-breaking ceremony to get the project under way in the nation’s capital.

November 16, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Armistice Centenary – France to invite world leaders

Leaders of the countries involved in the First World War will be invited to Paris for the November 2018 Centenary of the Armistice, President Macron announces.