Wide-ranging commemorations will honour the life and work of one of Britain's most acclaimed First World War poets in the county of his birth.
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Battle of Amiens Centenary commemorations in France
The 100th anniversary of the 1918 battle which marked the start of the decisive Allied 'Hundred Days Offensive' will be commemorated at Amiens Cathedral on August 8.
Continue readingWincanton’s Poppy of Honour memorial to Great War fallen
Centenary News visits the 'Poppy of Honour' at Wincanton, in southwest England, a new memorial bearing the names of 1,115,471 British and Commonwealth dead or missing of the First World War.
Continue reading‘Battle of the Ancre’ film screening in Bristol
The official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme in 1916 will be screened in Bristol, with live music, on November 9 as part of an Armistice Centenary tour.
Continue readingArmistice Centenary events – Mons
Two days of commemorations are planned in Mons on November 10 & 11 to mark the centenary of the Belgian city's liberation, and the end of the First World War.
Continue readingA day of solemn ceremony – as global events close the WW1 Centenary & Mons again pays tribute to the ‘first and the last’
After more than four years of commemorations, the First World War Centenary came to an end on November 11 with international tributes and pleas to work for peace on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.
Continue readingParis Peace Forum opens on Centenary Armistice Day
France is convening an international forum in Paris on November 11 to promote peace, 100 years after the guns fell silent in the First World War.
Continue readingArmistice Centenary events – UK
With the Armistice Centenary on November 11 coinciding with Britain's Remembrance Sunday, the traditional ceremony at the Cenotaph will conclude with an expanded march-past.
Continue readingBelgium honours last Commonwealth soldier killed in the Great War
Centenary News watches the official opening of the George Price Memorial, near Mons, commemorating the death of the last Commonwealth soldier to die in action in World War 1 before the Armistice took effect.
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