News – Page 119 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 3, 2015 CN Editorial Team

UK Navy Museum exhibition challenges ‘Myth and Memory of Gallipoli’

A new exhibition, described as ‘challenging the historical perceptions’ of the Gallipoli campaign, runs at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, from March 28th 2015 – January 31st 2016.

End Date: 31 Jan 2016

April 5, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for March 2015

The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering March 1915.

April 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Mons remembers wartime occupation with new museum

A former waterworks in Mons has been transformed into a new museum dedicated to remembering the wartime occupations of the Belgian city, and its historic role at the start and finish of Britain’s First World War campaign.

April 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Irish government launches year of commemorations for 1916 Easter Rising

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny launches Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme to commemorate 1916 Easter Rising.

April 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New Orkney memorial to honour Lord Kitchener and men lost on HMS Hampshire

The Orkney Heritage Society is leading a fundraising project to restore and add to a memorial on the Island of Birsay commemorating those lost on HMS Hampshire in June 1916.

April 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update: Irish President leads Lusitania tributes on May 7

Full details have been announced of commemorations taking place in Ireland in May 2015 to mark the centenary of the British ocean liner, Lusitania, being sunk by a German submarine.

April 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Six British First World War soldiers to be reburied in Belgium

Six British soldiers, killed in action in October 1914, are to be reburied at Prowse Point military cemetery in Belgium on April 16th 2015.

April 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Namibia explores impact of colonial South-West Africa campaign

Museums in Namibia are developing an education project with UK funding to highlight how the First World War shaped the country’s history.

April 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

India’s Prime Minister pays tribute at Neuve Chapelle Memorial

The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, saluted the sacrifice of India’s First World War soldiers during a visit to Neuve Chapelle in France on April 11th 2015.

April 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Royal Navy submarine exhibition explores submarine warfare of WW1

‘First In, Last Out’ will run from April 2015 until January 1916 at The Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, England.