News – Page 128 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Budapest exhibition opens for Great War Centenary

Hungary’s role in the First World War is explored in a Centenary exhibition which has opened in Budapest.

July 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Brussels conference to debate ‘impact of Great War on nations and nationalism’

Academics gather in Brussels in October 2015 for an international conference focussing on the First World War as a key event in the development of the European nation state.

End Date: 15 Oct 2015

July 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary 2016 – ticket limit for Lochnagar Crater service

Entry to the Somme commemoration service at Lochnagar Crater on July 1st 2016 is to be restricted to 5,000 ticket holders for safety reasons.

July 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Loos Centenary events – September 2015

First details have been announced of commemorations in France to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, fought in September/October 1915.

July 17, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary – last surviving British warship opens in Portsmouth August 6

A restored British warship from the Gallipoli campaign officially opens on August 6th 2015, the centenary of the last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli.

July 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli submariner VC remembered in Scotland

Britain’s Royal Navy has paid tribute to Lieutenant Commander Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Gallipoli Campaign.

July 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Veterans honour First World War dead from Trinidad & Tobago

Forces veterans tell Centenary News about their project to commemorate First World War troops from Trinidad & Tobago on the dates they died.

July 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

$40 million project to ‘complete original vision’ for Sydney’s Anzac Memorial

The New South Wales Government has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of the Anzac Memorial in Sydney, including a new water feature and educational centre.

July 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Nasiriyah in Mesopotamia campaign

British and Indian forces advancing into Turkish-ruled Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) took the town of Nasiriyah on July 24th 1915.

July 26, 2015 CN Editorial Team

£4.89 million awarded to RAF Museum for Royal Air Force Centenary

Britain’s RAF Museum has been awarded a lottery grant of almost £5million to take forward the next phase of its centenary programme, “The First 100 Years”.