CN Editorial Team – Page 168 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Reflections on the August 4th commemoration events in Belgium

The Centenary News Editor spent August 4th in Belgium – attending the Liège and Mons events. He sent in reports for Centenary News from both locations, but here’s his personal account, looking back on the day.

Author: Nigel Dacre

August 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Reflections on the August 4th commemoration events in Belgium

August 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary poppies spread around Tower of London in memory of First World War dead

The Tower of London moat is filling with hundreds of thousands of ceramic poppies, each commemorating a British or colonial military death during the First World War.

August 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Three million UK homes answered ‘Lights Out’ call on centenary of war

More than three million households in the UK are estimated to have taken part in the ‘Lights Out’ event, remembering the night Britain entered the First World War a century ago.

August 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British writer criticises the UK’s approach to the centenary – saying it that has “lost all sense of proportion”

The British author and journalist Simon Jenkins has written a strongly worded comment article in the Guardian saying that the centenary has been seized as a military propaganda opportunity, and that lessons learned have been ignored or forgotten.

August 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

RAF Museum puts First World War casualty records online

The Royal Air Force Museum has launched a new website allowing people to explore previously unseen Casualty Cards of members of the Royal Flying Corps who were killed or injured during the First World War.

August 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Western Front Association remembers first British troops sent to France in 1914

The Western Front Association has begun four days of commemorations marking the Centenary of the first British troops leaving for France in 1914.

August 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Requiem dedicated to Australia’s First World War dead to have Sydney premiere

The premiere of the first Australian musical composition commemorating those who fell in the Great War will be performed by Sydney University Graduate Choir on August 10th 2014.

End Date: 10 Aug 2014

August 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Western Front Association marks Centenary of British troops arriving in France in 1914

The Western Front Association will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the British Expeditionary Force being sent to France in 1914.

End Date: 13 Aug 2014

August 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Battle of the Aisne Centenary to be marked with two days of commemorations in September 2014

Thousands of soldiers killed at the Battle of the Aisne, where trench warfare started in 1914, are to be remembered at a special Centenary event in France.