News – Page 112 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Fiji holds commemoration for World War I Contingent

President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau led a commemoration ceremony on December 31st 2014 in honour of the Fijians who served in World War I.

January 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: first air raids on UK leave four dead

Britain came under attack from the air for the first time on January 19th 1915, when German Zeppelins raided the Norfolk coast, killing four people.

January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update: UK’s first air raid victims honoured in Great Yarmouth

The victims of the first air raid on Britain, carried out by German Zeppelins during the First World War, were remembered in the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth on January 19th 2015.

January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Descendants of Gallipoli campaign invited to take part in London commemoration event

Descendants of the Galipoli campaign have been invited by the British government to take part in a commemoration event – to be held in London in April 2015

January 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Wilfred Owen’s home given special status on National Heritage List

The last permanent home of the celebrated First World War poet, Lieutenant Wilfred Owen MC, has been listed as a Grade II protected building by British Heritage Minister Ed Vaizey.

January 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Campaign to recognise sacrifice of Gallipoli reinforcements

David Crampin has shared with Centenary News a piece about the troopship Royal Edward and his campaign to ensure the men who gave their lives receive equal and just recognition.

January 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Delhi exhibition to pay tribute to Indian soldiers of World War I

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has opened ‘India and the First World War – Commemorating 100 years of the Great War 1914-1918’, a photographic exhibition about Indian soldiers who fought for Britain in WWI

January 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Women of Empire exhibition launches for 2015

An exhibition which celebrates the contribution of women from Australia and New Zealand who served in the First World War will be launched in Geelong, Victoria on February 20th 2015.

January 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Cobh, Ireland, to commemorate the sinking of RMS Lusitania

The passenger liner Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915, will be commemorated with a series of events in the Irish port of Cobh, starting on February 1st 2015.

January 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea

British warships sank the German cruiser, SMS Blücher, during the Battle of Dogger Bank on January 24th 1915.