First World War Centenary News Archive

February 2, 2018 CN Editorial TeamNews

Islay remembers 1918 troopship losses

The Scottish island of Islay is embarking on events to commemorate the sinking of the Tuscania and Otranto, with the loss of 700 American and British lives.

February 5, 2018 CN Editorial TeamArticles

CWGC Article: Film producer Guy de Beaujeu on ‘Journey’s End’

Producer Guy de Beaujeu writes for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission about the latest screen adaptation of RC Sheriff's classic play, Journey's End.

February 6, 2018 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: First UK women given the vote

Campaigners for women’s suffrage in Britain achieved a victory during the First World War, with some women winning the right to vote in 1918.

February 7, 2018 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers

The liner Tuscania was torpedoed on 5 February 1918 near the end of a voyage bringing 2,000 US troops to Europe – as Patrick Gregory explains.

Author: Patrick Gregory

February 7, 2018 CN Editorial TeamArticles

100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers

The liner Tuscania was torpedoed on 5 February 1918 near the end of a voyage bringing 2,000 US troops to Europe – as Patrick Gregory explains.

February 8, 2018 CN Editorial TeamNews

Update on Islay’s Tuscania centenary tribute

People on the Hebridean island of Islay gathered on February 5 for the first in a series of events in 2018 commemorating First World War tragedies on their shores a century ago.

February 12, 2018 CN Editorial TeamNews

New Cambrai tank museum opens, March 2018

A museum built to mark the Battle of Cambrai Centenary will open to the public on March 15, with the British tank Deborah as its centrepiece.

February 13, 2018 CN Editorial TeamNews

France invites New Zealanders to create Le Quesnoy peace garden

New Zealand landscapers are invited to submit plans for a memorial peace garden in Le Quesnoy, the French town liberated by New Zealand troops in the last week of the First World War.