CN Editorial Team – Page 289 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Flanders Remembers: Music & Words from WWI

To commemorate Veterans Day in New York, Mr Geert De Proost, General Representative of the Government of Flanders to the United States, hosted Flanders Remembers: Music and Words from WWI.

November 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of the Somme ends

The Battle of the Somme drew to a close on 18 November 1916 after more than four months of fighting, and more than a million casualties on all sides.

November 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: Battle of the Somme ends

18th November 1916: The Battle of the Somme drew to a close after more than four months of fighting.

November 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – Battle’s End poppy tribute in Folkestone

Hundreds of metal poppies were ‘planted’ in the former WW1 Channel port of Folkestone on 19 November to mark the conclusion of the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago.

November 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Shrouds of the Somme’ – Artist’s Centenary tribute in Bristol

As the 2016 Somme commemorations draw to a close, Centenary News finds the public deeply moved during another display of the ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ installation following its July debut in Exeter.

November 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Emperor Franz Joseph dies

Austria-Hungary became the first major Great War power to lose its head of state, when Emperor Franz Joseph died on 21 November 1916.

November 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Mixed emotions’ on Emperor Franz Joseph Centenary – Radio Prague

A Radio Prague programme reports 'mixed emotions' among Czechs in the week that marked the 100th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph's death.

November 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: Emperor Franz Joseph dies

21st November 1916: Austria-Hungary became the first of the major powers to lose its head of state during WW1 when Emperor Franz Joseph died.

November 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘How we can best commemorate war’ – Oxford seminars coming up in 2017-18

Leading figures from the arts and politics will discuss post-war commemoration and reconciliation at a forthcoming series of seminars, Oxford University announces.

November 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Book Review – HMS Hampshire: a Century of Myths and Mysteries Unravelled

‘Meticulous and enthralling’ – CN Editor Peter Alhadeff on this centenary account of the naval disaster that claimed the lives of Britain’s War Minister Lord Kitchener and most of the crewmen on a Royal Navy cruiser in 1916.

Publication Date: 30 Aug 2016

Author: 12 authors