CN Editorial Team – Page 277 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 23, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: German offensives peak at Verdun

French troops defending Verdun came under renewed pressure in June-July 1916 as the German Army made its closest advances to the town.

June 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Lukigura in East Africa

Inspired by the story of his soldier grandfather and the Kashmir Rifles, Andrew Kerr discusses the gruelling East Africa campaign on the centenary of the Battle of Lukigura.

Author: Andrew Kerr

June 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Lukigura in East Africa

Inspired by the story of his soldier grandfather and the Kashmir Rifles, Andrew Kerr discusses the gruelling East Africa campaign on the centenary of the Battle of Lukigura.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Call to commemorate sportsmen who fell on the Somme

UK sports stars are backing a Royal British Legion call for sporting groups at all levels to remember their forebears who fought and died at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Australia’s first Western Front VC displayed in Canberra

The Australian War Memorial is displaying the medals of Private William ‘Bill’ Jackson VC as part of centenary commemorations marking Australia’s role on the Western Front.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary: UK two-minute silence on July 1

Britain will observe two minutes of silence at 7.28 am on Friday July 1st 2016, marking 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme.

End Date: 01 Jul 2016

June 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Forgotten Voices of the Somme

Centenary News Comment:Ultimately Levine has captured something quite special in this book – perhaps the very energy of the men who fought in a battle that ‘went on, and on, and on, and on’.

Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008

Author: Joshua Levine

June 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Book Review – Sisters of the Somme

Centenary News Review:From medical procedures to nursing debates to romantic meetings and blossoming friendships, this book is a fascinating and detailed account, which provides a truly comprehensive impression of a field hospital in wartime.

Publication Date: 01 May 2016

Author: Penny Starns

June 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Book Review – Elegy: The First Day on the Somme

Centenary News Review:’Roberts evokes the horror of 1st July 1916 by deftly balancing the facts with personal accounts and experiences. He brings the focus on the people who fought and died, who are not just numbers relegated to the history books, but men who had hopes, dreams and plans’.

Publication Date: 10 Sep 2015

Author: Andrew Roberts

June 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Digital art project commemorates Battle of the Somme

The Danger Tree, an interactive art exhibition commemorating the Battle of the Somme, made its centenary debut in Greenwich, London, on July 1st 2016.