CN Editorial Team – Page 316 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Cambrai – told by The Tank Museum

Britain’s Tank Museum is releasing a documentary ahead of the Battle of Cambrai Centenary on November 20, telling the story of the first mass tank attack in history.

November 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Cambrai Centenary events get under way

A surviving Great War tank has been the focus for a remembrance service in the UK town of Ashford, as Cambrai Centenary commemorations start in Britain and France this weekend.

November 19, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai Centenary – Special Order No.6 recited at Cenotaph

The eve of battle order to British tank crews at Cambrai in 1917 was recited during the centenary commemorations at the Cenotaph, London.

November 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai Centenary – tank tribute at London’s Cenotaph

Soldiers and veterans of Britain’s Royal Tank Regiment paraded before a replica Mark IV tank at the Cenotaph in tribute to their predecessors who fought at the Battle of Cambrai 100 years ago.

November 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917

Publisher’s Description:’John Taylor’s book tells the tale of the tank and her crew, and tracks down their descendants to uncover a human story every bit as compelling as the military one.’

Publication Date: 05 Sep 2016

Author: John A. Taylor

November 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Cambrai explained in Tank Museum video series

Britain's Tank Museum released a documentary for the Battle of Cambrai Centenary, telling the story of the first mass tank attack in history in November 1917.

November 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai tank veteran ‘Deborah’ keeps vigil in new home

A first glimpse of the Battle of Cambrai veteran Deborah in her final resting place, 100 years after she fought in the first mass tank attack.

November 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Article: 250 cemeteries in France to be lit for close of Great War Centenary

Illuminated vigils are planned at war graves in the Arras region on Armistice eve 2018 to mark the return of peace 100 years ago, La Voix du Nord newspaper reports.

November 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Scotland honours pioneering WW1 doctor Elsie Inglis

Tributes are being paid to the doctor who defied disapproval to set up hospitals, staffed by women, to treat wounded soldiers in France and the Balkans.

December 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Military Wives Choirs campaign to record 2018 Centenary album

More than 70 British Military Wives Choirs are uniting with military bands from all three services to record a new album commemorating the end of the WW1 Centenary in 2018.