News – Page 134 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Nurse Edith Cavell executed in occupied Belgium

Edith Cavell, a British nurse working in Belgium during the First World War, was executed by the German occupation authorities on October 12th 1915.

October 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Edith Cavell relative to speak at screening of 1928 film in Leeds

A relative of Edith Cavell is to speak at a rare screening of Dawn, a silent film telling the story of the executed British nurse in occupied Brussels during the First World War.

October 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Day of tributes on centenary of Edith Cavell’s execution

Centenary News reports from today’s commemoration in London – among several events held in the UK and Belgium to remember the execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in occupied Brussels on October 12th 1915.

October 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Jutland Centenary 2016 – UK Government announces plans

British and German ships are to lay wreaths in the North Sea and Orkney will host commemorations as part of the UK’s plans, announced today, to mark the Battle of Jutland Centenary on May 31st 2016.

October 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘The Major Battles of 1916’ – Paris conference calls for papers

The major First World War battles of 1916 will be the focus for an international conference hosted by French Centenary organisation Mission Centenaire 14-18 and its Scientific Council in June 2016.

October 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Gallipoli commander Sir Ian Hamilton ordered home

General Sir Ian Hamilton, British commander-in-chief at Gallipoli, was recalled on October 16th 1915 amid arguments about the future of the campaign.

October 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Survey reveals WW1 Irish Sea shipwrecks

Scientists have captured the ‘most detailed images ever’ of First World War shipwrecks in the Irish Sea, says Ulster University’s Dr Ruth Plets who has led a survey marking the Centenary.

October 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Niue Pacific islanders who served New Zealand in WW1 remembered

The war effort of the small Pacific island of Niue is being remembered, a century after 150 men sailed to join New Zealand’s forces in 1915.

October 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – UK navy museum to mark ‘defining naval battle’ of First World War

Britain’s National Museum of the Royal Navy has announced a major exhibition next year marking the centenary of the Battle of Jutland.

October 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

President of Mali honours the fallen at Verdun

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has visited Douaumont to remember soldiers from Mali who were killed fighting for France at the Battle of Verdun in 1916.