News – Page 123 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: the end of the Battle of St Julien during the Second Ypres conflict

On 4th May 1914, the Battle of St Julien ended after 11 days. It was one of the key engagements during the Second Battle of Ypres.

May 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania relatives gather on Irish coast to mark centenary

Thousands of people are expected to take part in Lusitania centenary events on Ireland’s Cork coast today (May 7th 2015), many of them descendants of the torpedoed liner’s passengers and crew.

May 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Lusitania sunk by German U-boat

The British transatlantic liner, Lusitania, was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7th 1915, provoking American outrage at the deaths of neutral US passengers.

May 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania Centenary: More pictures of the event in Cobh

Here are more Centenary News photos of the remembrance events in Cobh on May 7th 2015 – 100 years after the Lusitania was sunk off the Irish coast.

May 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania Centenary: Ireland’s day of tribute on the Cork coast

Centenary News reports from Cobh, where thousands of visitors packed the streets on May 7th 2015 for a day of tributes to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.

May 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Aubers Ridge – and a UK political crisis

Britain launched a new offensive at Aubers Ridge on May 9th 1915, triggering a political crisis, the formation of a coalition government and a new munitions ministry under David Lloyd George.

May 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli war memorials in England given added status

War memorials associated with the Gallipoli campaign have been given additional protected status by conservation body Historic England.

May 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update on remembering the Gretna troop train crash

Princess Anne will attend commemorations in Scotland in May 2015 marking the centenary of the Gretna disaster which killed more than 200 troops leaving for Gallipoli.

End Date: 23 May 2015

May 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Talbot House appeals for wartime photos of the Poperinge ‘Every Man’s Club’

Talbot House is appealing for wartime photos of the ‘home from home’ created for WW1 British soldiers in Belgium as part of its 2015 Centenary.

May 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New York event commemorates ‘In Flanders Fields’

Flanders House in New York held an event on 12 May 2015 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of John McCrae writing his poem ‘In Flanders Fields’