First World War Centenary News Archive

December 18, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

WW1 memorials built in 1917 ‘listed’ for conservation

Eight memorials dedicated to the dead of the Great War in 1917 have been newly listed for preservation in their centenary year by the UK Government.

December 27, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Review of WW1 Centenary year 2017

Centenary News looks back at some of many events in 2017 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

December 27, 2017 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Article: ‘1917 – A German Perspective’

Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917 was fatal, says German historian Martin Bayer in a blog for WW100 New Zealand.

December 28, 2017 CN Editorial TeamBooks

Hundred Days: The end of the Great War

Publisher’s Description:’Using unpublished archive material from five countries, this new account reveals how the Allies managed to beat the German Army, by now crippled by indiscipline and ravaged by influenza, and force her leaders to seek peace.’

Publication Date: 07 Nov 2013

Author: Nick Lloyd

December 29, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Making a New World’ – 2018 Centenary events coming up at IWM

As well as displaying the Tower of London Poppies, Imperial War Museums announce they will also hold a programme of special events in 2018 to close their First World War Centenary commemorations.

December 30, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Final Tower Poppies tour venues named

Six cities are to host the Tower of London Poppies in 2018, the last year of their UK tour marking the First World War Centenary.

December 31, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

2018 Events – ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in Armistice Centenary tribute

British artist Rob Heard is individually stitching more than 72,000 shrouded figures to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending the First World War.

January 1, 2018 CN Editorial TeamNews

Armistice Day at the Cenotaph, London

With the Armistice Centenary on November 11 coinciding with Britain’s Remembrance Sunday, the traditional ceremony at the Cenotaph will conclude with an expanded march-past.

January 1, 2018 CN Editorial TeamNews

France names 2018 ‘Year Clemenceau’ for close of WW1 Centenary

Themes for France’s final year of Great War Centenary commemorations include a focus on Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, remembered as the ‘Father of Victory’.

January 1, 2018 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Article: French WW1 Centenary energy undiminished in final year

Historian Antoine Prost tells La Croix newspaper that the French people are as determined as ever to commemorate the First World War Centenary in 2018.