Centenary News visits artist Sarah Kogan’s exhibition telling the story of her great uncle who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
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WW1 Australian hospital sketches revealed in France
Previously unpublished portraits of Australian and British soldiers have been released online in a centenary tribute to the Allied forces who fought in France during the First World War.
Continue readingRededication of Lafayette Escadrille Memorial to US WWI airmen
The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial outside Paris will be rededicated in a joint US/French ceremony on April 20th 2016.
Continue readingThe Great War in the Middle East – Conference at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
A major international conference re-examining the origins, conduct and consequences of the First World War in the Middle East takes place at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from April 20-21 2016.
Continue readingJellicoe family items for display at UK navy museum’s Jutland exhibition
Uniform and medals belonging to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, British commander at the Battle of Jutland, will go on display as part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s forthcoming centenary exhibition.
Continue readingIWM focus on historic Somme film for 2016 Centenary
The pioneering documentary,The Battle of the Somme, is at the centre of Imperial War Museums’ events marking the centenary of the 1916 offensive.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Easter Rising starts in Dublin
Republican groups launched a revolt against British rule in Ireland on Easter Monday 1916 (April 24th), seizing a number of key buildings in Dublin.
Continue readingSix British WW1 soldiers reburied in Ypres
Six British soldiers have been reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in Ypres, more than 100 years after they fell in Flanders during the First World War.
Continue readingCeremonies mark Centenary Anzac Day
The Centenary Anzac Day was marked on April 25th 2016 with traditional dawn services and remembrance ceremonies in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Ireland, Belgium and at Gallipoli itself.
Continue readingCentenary update: Jutland debate postponed at UK Navy Museum
A Battle of Jutland debate – scheduled for May 9th 2016 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth – has been postponed.
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