A display of pictures lining the streets of Arras for the 2017 Centenary brings visitors up close to the stories of soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.
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Centenary exhibition to mark CWGC’s founding
An exhibition to mark the Centenary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission opens at Brookwood Military Cemetery in the UK on 20 May 2017.
Continue readingNZ ‘Victory Medal’ in Messines for Flanders battle centenaries
A commemorative work by the sculptor Helen Pollock is being displayed in Messines for the next stage of New Zealand's First World War Centenary remembrance in Europe.
Continue readingUK and Ireland join in Messines Centenary remembrance
Britain and Ireland are to hold a joint tribute on 7 June 2017 to soldiers from nationalist and unionist traditions who fought side by side at the Battle of Messines 100 years
Continue readingNew Zealand marks Battle of Messines Centenary – 7 June 2017
New Zealand will be holding centenary events in Belgium to commemorate its role in the Battle of Messines, a dramatic prelude to the main Allied offensive at Ypres in 1917.
Continue readingRemembering 18 London children killed in 1917 air raid
Queen Elizabeth and Germany's Ambassador to the UK attended commemorations in London on 15 June 2017 marking the centenary of a First World War air raid which left 18 schoolchildren dead.
Continue readingUnveiling of New African & Caribbean War Memorial, London
A new memorial honouring African and Caribbean troops who fought for Britain in both World Wars will be inaugurated in London on 22 June 2017 – Windrush Day.
Continue reading‘Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace’ in Passchendaele
Photographer Mike Sheil's latest exhibition is taking place in Passandale Church as part of the Third Battle of Ypres commemorations now under way in Flanders.
Continue reading‘Passchendaele Remembered’ – 3rd Battle of Ypres Centenary Programme
Commemorations coming up in Flanders in summer/autumn 2017 to mark the centenary of a WW1 campaign fought in some of the most atrocious conditions on the Western Front.
Continue reading‘Passchendaele’ artist Wyndham Lewis showcased at IWM North
Centenary News visits IWM North's exhibition highlighting the work of Wyndham Lewis – artillery officer at the Third Battle of Ypres and challenging WW1 war artist.
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