CN Editorial Team – Page 271 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Latest events round-up

A reminder from Centenary News of some of the many Battle of Jutland Centenary commemorations taking place on May 31st 2016.

April 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Flanders & US to work together on plans for American WW1 Centennial

The Governmment of Flanders and America’s World War I Centennial Commission are to work in partnership on plans for marking the centenary of America entering the Great War.

April 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Siege of Kut ends in Ottoman victory

The Ottoman Army captured the Mesopotamian town of Kut-al-Amara on April 29th 1916 when British-led forces surrendered after almost five months under siege.

April 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC marks Siege of Kut Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has published an article and audio clips on its website, remembering the fall of Kut 100 years ago.

May 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for April 2016

The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering April 1916.

May 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme motorway break for battlefield photo exhibition

A Somme motorway service area is the latest destination for photographer Michael St Maur Sheil’s centenary touring exhibition, Fields of Battle – Lands of Peace 14-18.

May 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Pioneering US WWI pilots remembered in France

France and the US paid tribute to America’s first airmen of the Great War at a ceremony rededicating the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial near Paris on April 20th 2016.

May 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Public in Hungary voting on new national First World War monument

Hungary’s First World War Commission is asking people to vote on designs for a new monument to commemorate the Hungarians who died in the war.

May 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Canada’s Vimy Oaks returning to France for 2017 Centennial

A project is under way in Canada to ‘repatriate’ descendants of French oak trees for the centenary commemorations of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 2017.

May 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘They shall not pass’ – US WWI Museum highlights Verdun & the Somme

The Battles of Verdun and the Somme are the focus for a new exhibition opening today (May 6th 2016) at the National World World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.