News – Page 143 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Revealed: Most popular First World War baby names

The battles of the Great War were the most popular choice for families naming babies after wartime events, research by the UK National Archives reveals.

March 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremony in Dublin to remember 1916 Easter Rising

Ireland’s President will lead Easter Sunday commemorations in Dublin marking the centenary of the rebellion against British rule during the First World War.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British & French leaders pay tribute on the Somme

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France remembered the fallen of the Somme during a visit to a Commonwealth cemetery on March 3rd 2016, ahead of this year’s centenary commemorations.

March 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – Battlefield photos for City of London exhibition, June 2016

Michael St Maur Sheil’s evocative photographs of First World War landscapes return to London in June 2016 for an exhibition in Guildhall Yard marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.

March 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – Update on UK national commemorations in Manchester

Tickets have been released for a free concert to be held in Manchester on July 1st as part of the UKs national day of commemorations in the city marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.

March 12, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Orkney HMS Hampshire exhibition seeks 1916 stories & mementoes

Organisers of a centenary exhibition in Orkney are appealing for photos, letters and other memorabilia relating to the loss of the British warship, HMS Hampshire, in June 1916.

March 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Far From the Western Front’ – project remembering South Asian WW1 soldiers

Volunteers are being sought for a project in North London highlighting the stories of South Asian soldiers who fought for the Allies during the First World War.

March 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Update on Jutland 1916 exhibition at UK National Maritime Museum

A bugle presented to a boy sailor wounded at Jutland will be among objects displayed at the National Maritime Museum’s centenary exhibition, illustrating changing views of the 1916 battle from both sides.

March 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Berlin photo exhibition remembers Battle of Verdun

Pictures of Verdun by British photographer Michael St Maur Sheil are displayed at a Franco-German exhibition in Berlin marking the centenary of the 1916 First World War battle.

March 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to WW1 volunteer nurse Edith Munro

Tribute has been paid to a First World War nurse, with a special ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in London on March 8th 2016 – International Women’s Day.