News – Page 127 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

1915 UK Merchant Navy records go online for WW1 Centenary

The names of hundreds of thousands of seafarers who kept Britain supplied in 1915, the first full year of the Great War, can be searched online for the first time.

July 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for June 2015

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

July 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary 2016 – UK announces ballot for Thiepval tickets

On the 99th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, a ballot has been announced for next year’s Centenary commemorations at the Thiepval Memorial in France.

July 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News update on Somme 2016 ticket ballot

The UK Government says 8,000 free tickets will be balloted for next year’s commemorations at Thiepval marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.

July 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Extra £4 million in UK lottery funding for First World War local heritage projects

The UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund is making an extra £4 million available for community projects exploring, conserving and sharing local heritage of the First World War.

July 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Tribute to first UK merchant sailor awarded the Victoria Cross in WW1

Centenary News reports from a ceremony in London honouring the first British merchant seafarer to win the Victoria Cross during the Great War.

July 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

30,000th Last Post: More than 150 fire stations join July 9 tribute

More than 150 fire stations and other organisations worldwide have announced events on Thursday (July 9th) marking the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, Ypres.

July 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme museum explores legacy of pioneering Great War plastic surgery

Surgical techniques pioneered during the First World War to reconstruct faces shattered by injury are explored in a new exhibition at France’s Museum of the Great War in Péronne.

July 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

30,000th Last Post at the Menin Gate tonight

The buglers of Ypres will sound the 30,000th Last Post tonight, with the event streamed live worldwide.

July 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Global tributes mark 30,000th Last Post in Ypres

Worldwide tributes accompanied the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, in Ypres, on July 9th 2015.