News – Page 138 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Descendants invited to UK commemorations

Relatives of First World War sailors are invited to attend Britain’s commemorations in Orkney marking the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in 2016.

December 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

HMS Hampshire memorial project: full list of 746 names published

The names have been released of all the men who’ll be remembered on a new memorial to the loss of the British warship, HMS Hampshire, off Orkney in June 1916.

December 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Tea’s up for Talbot House Centenary

The cheer offered to WW1 British soldiers 100 years ago when Talbot House first opened its doors in Belgium was today remembered on the streets of London and Manchester.

December 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Finalists’ designs for new US World War I Memorial showcased in Washington

America’s Centennial Commission is exhibiting the finalists’ entries in the design competition for the planned National World War I Memorial in Washington.

December 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

From Scapa Flow to Portsmouth – Jutland guns to feature at 2016 centenary exhibition

Guns that saw action at the Battle of Jutland will be among exhibits at the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s centenary exhibition, opening in May 2016.

December 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Sir Douglas Haig takes over British command on the Western Front

General Sir Douglas Haig succeeded Field Marshal Sir John French as commander-in-chief of British forces in France and Flanders on December 19th 1915.

December 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Last Allied soldiers leave Anzac Cove & Suvla

The withdrawal of Allied troops from Suvla and Anzac Cove on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula was completed on December 20th 1915.

December 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Focus on Marmolada Grande Guerra: Italian museum remembering Alpine war

Centenary News profiles Marmolada Grande Guerra, a museum remembering Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops who fought in the ice and snow of the Dolomite Mountains.

December 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Czech WW1 soldiers at Christmas – remembered on Radio Prague

Czech soldiers’ stories of Christmas in the First World War are told in a special programme broadcast on Radio Prague.

December 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for December 2015

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