CN Editorial Team – Page 234 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Loos Centenary events – September 2015

First details have been announced of commemorations in France to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, fought in September/October 1915.

July 17, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary – last surviving British warship opens in Portsmouth August 6

A restored British warship from the Gallipoli campaign officially opens on August 6th 2015, the centenary of the last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli.

July 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli submariner VC remembered in Scotland

Britain’s Royal Navy has paid tribute to Lieutenant Commander Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Gallipoli Campaign.

July 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Veterans honour First World War dead from Trinidad & Tobago

Forces veterans tell Centenary News about their project to commemorate First World War troops from Trinidad & Tobago on the dates they died.

July 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

$40 million project to ‘complete original vision’ for Sydney’s Anzac Memorial

The New South Wales Government has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of the Anzac Memorial in Sydney, including a new water feature and educational centre.

July 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Nasiriyah in Mesopotamia campaign

British and Indian forces advancing into Turkish-ruled Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) took the town of Nasiriyah on July 24th 1915.

July 26, 2015 CN Editorial Team

£4.89 million awarded to RAF Museum for Royal Air Force Centenary

Britain’s RAF Museum has been awarded a lottery grant of almost £5million to take forward the next phase of its centenary programme, “The First 100 Years”.

July 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Rare WW1 portraits by Hilda Rix Nicholas join Australian War Memorial collection

The Australian War Memorial has acquired a rare collection of portraits by an Australian artist whose work was inspired by her own loss during the First World War.

July 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

The ‘Mothers of the Missing’ and the unveiling of the Menin Gate in 1927

The 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate in July 2015, reminded Dr Viv Newman of the unveiling ceremonies held in Ypres on July 24th 1927. In an article for Centenary News, she explains how one very special group attended the unveiling.

Author: Dr Viv Newman

July 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team