CN Editorial Team – Page 287 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Verdun, 100 years ago – France recaptures Fort Douaumont

French colonial troops entered Fort Douaumont on 24 October 1916, ending an eight-month German occupation of the biggest of the Verdun fortresses.

October 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: France recaptures Fort Douaumont

24th October 1916: French colonial troops fighting at the Battle of Verdun enter Fort Douaumont, ending an eight-month German occupation of the biggest of the Verdun fortresses.

October 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary of Australian WW1 conscription vote

Australians rejected a move to introduce compulsory military service overseas in a referendum, or plebiscite, held on 28 October 1916.

October 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: Conscription defeated in Australian referendum

28th October 1916: Australian voters reject a proposal to introduce compulsory military service overseas.

October 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘France at War’ – Kipling reports from the Front, 1915

Collector Andy Moreton delves into his prized copy of a book of reports from the Western Front by the British writer Rudyard Kipling.

Author: Andy Moreton

October 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘France at War’ – Kipling reports from the Front, 1915

Collector Andy Moreton delves into his prized copy of a book of reports from the Western Front by the British writer Rudyard Kipling.

November 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘World War I and American Art’ – Centennial exhibition launching in Philadelphia

The first major exhibition devoted to exploring how American artists reacted to the First World War opens this week at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia.

November 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Sketches of WW1 at sea through New Zealand eyes

Rare drawings of the First World War at sea by brothers Esmond and Hal Atkinson will be displayed at an exhibition in Petone, New Zealand, from 3-23 November 2016.

End Date: 23 Nov 2016

November 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Lens’ 14-18 Museum hosts November 2016 Armistice commemorations

A weekend of Armistice commemorations at the Lens’14-18 Museum will include a torchlight ceremony at the new ‘Ring of Remembrance’ memorial overlooking the former battlefields of Artois.

November 5, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Far From the Western Front’ – London exhibition focuses on South Asia’s WW1 soldiers

An exhibition highlighting the First World War service of more than 1.5 million South Asian soldiers opens at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 5 November 2016.

End Date: 13 Nov 2016