Events – Page 28 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Seven Halts on the Somme’ – Centenary exhibition in London

Artist Hughie O'Donoghue talks to Patrick Gregory about 'Seven Halts on the Somme' – a special display of his paintings at Leighton House Museum, London.

End Date: 02 Oct 2016

July 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The Danger Tree’ – Digital art exhibition remembering the Somme

The Danger Tree, an interactive art exhibition commemorating the Battle of the Somme, opened at a 'pop-up' venue in Greenwich, London, on July 1st 2016.

End Date: 31 Jul 2016

July 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Perspectives on the Somme’ – Western Front Association Conference

The Western Front Association commemorates the Battle of the Somme with a one-day conference in the UK on July 9th 2016.

August 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Traces of the First World War’ – Canadian War Museum focus on Newfoundland & Labrador

A photographic exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa highlights the impact of the First World War on Newfoundland and Labrador.

End Date: 01 Jan 2017

August 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Ambulance Trains’ – UK rail museum Centenary exhibition

An exhibition at Britain's National Railway Museum in York highlights the work of ambulance trains used to move wounded First World War soldiers.

End Date: 31 Aug 2016

August 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Wounded’ – Science Museum examines WW1 medical advances

An exhibition marking the Somme Centenary at London's Science Museum considers the medical challenges posed by the advent of industrialised warfare in 1914-18.

End Date: 01 Jan 2018

August 11, 2016 CN Editorial Team

First World War ‘Shakespeare Hut’ exhibition in London

The story of a 'forgotten' building that entertained First World War soldiers with Shakespeare's plays is being rediscovered for the Centenary.

End Date: 28 Sep 2016

September 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – New Zealand remembers at Longueval

Prince Charles joins commemorations in France on 15 September 2016 paying tribute to New Zealanders who fought at the Battle of the Somme a century ago.

End Date: 18 Sep 2016

September 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK village to mark 1916 Zeppelin crash centenary

The forced-landing of a German Zeppelin near the village of Little Wigorough in eastern England 100 years ago will be marked with a programme of events on September 24-25th 2016.

End Date: 25 Sep 2016

October 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

The Somme remembered in Trinidad & Tobago

A statue honouring those who fell at the Battle of the Somme will be unveiled at the Chaguaramas Military History and Aerospace Museum in Trinidad & Tobago on 10 October 2016.

End Date: 10 Oct 2016