News – Page 121 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News update: Gas attack at Ypres remembered

The first use of deadly chemicals in the First World War was remembered at ceremonies in Belgium on April 22nd 2015 marking the centenary of the start of the Second Battle of Ypres.

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Ypres: Queen pays tribute to Canadian troops who fought at Ypres

Queen Elizabeth and other Royal Family members join relatives of veterans and current servicemen to honour Canadian troops on anniversary of the Second Battle of Ypres.

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli: Veterans’ relations travel to Turkey for Centenary tribute

Fifteen descendants of veterans who took part in the Gallipoli campaign are travelling to Turkey this week to attend the commemorations marking the centenary of the Allied landings in 1915.

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: First lethal gas attack at Ypres

Germany launched its only Western Front offensive of 1915 at Ypres on April 22nd, extensively using deadly chemicals for the first time.

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Sea of Crosses to be erected in cities across New Zealand for Anzac Day

The Fields of Remembrance Trust is helping to create memorials in towns and cities across New Zealand.

April 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commemoration event marks anniversary of mass killings of Armenians

The event has been held in the Armenian capital Yerevan. The Armenians describe the killings as genocide. The Turkish government rejects the use of the term.

April 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: the death of the English poet Rupert Brooke

The British poet died on his way to Gallipoli 100 years ago today on April 23rd 1915. The poet is well known in the UK – mainly for his sonnet ‘The Solider’.

April 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: summary of major events today & tomorrow

A Centenary News overview of major national and international events taking place today (April 24th 2015) and tomorrow (Anzac Day) to mark the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.

April 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Series of memorial events in Gallipoli this afternoon to mark centenary of conflict

There have been two main events during the afternoon of Friday April 24th 2015 – one at the principal Turkish memorial at Canakkale and one at the Commonwealth Cape Helles Memorial.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Allied troops land at Gallipoli

One of the most controversial campaigns of the First World War began on April 25th 1915, when the Allied powers invaded the Gallipoli peninsula with the aim of knocking Turkey out of the war.