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April 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

IWM focus on historic Somme film for 2016 Centenary

The pioneering documentary,The Battle of the Somme, is at the centre of Imperial War Museums’ events marking the centenary of the 1916 offensive.

April 23, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Easter Rising starts in Dublin

Republican groups launched a revolt against British rule in Ireland on Easter Monday 1916 (April 24th), seizing a number of key buildings in Dublin.

April 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Six British WW1 soldiers reburied in Ypres

Six British soldiers have been reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in Ypres, more than 100 years after they fell in Flanders during the First World War.

April 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremonies mark Centenary Anzac Day

The Centenary Anzac Day was marked on April 25th 2016 with traditional dawn services and remembrance ceremonies in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Ireland, Belgium and at Gallipoli itself.

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: Jutland debate postponed at UK Navy Museum

A Battle of Jutland debate – scheduled for May 9th 2016 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth – has been postponed.

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Latest events round-up

A reminder from Centenary News of some of the many Battle of Jutland Centenary commemorations taking place on May 31st 2016.

April 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Flanders & US to work together on plans for American WW1 Centennial

The Governmment of Flanders and America’s World War I Centennial Commission are to work in partnership on plans for marking the centenary of America entering the Great War.

April 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Siege of Kut ends in Ottoman victory

The Ottoman Army captured the Mesopotamian town of Kut-al-Amara on April 29th 1916 when British-led forces surrendered after almost five months under siege.

April 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC marks Siege of Kut Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has published an article and audio clips on its website, remembering the fall of Kut 100 years ago.

May 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for April 2016

The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering April 1916.