News – Page 148 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Sykes-Picot Agreement

Britain and France concluded a secret deal in May 1916 for dividing the Middle East between them after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.

May 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK navy museum explores ‘misunderstood’ Battle of Jutland

Britain’s Royal Navy Museum has opened its major Centenary exhibition ’36 Hours: Jutland 1916, The Battle that Won the War’ at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

May 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – IWM call to share remembrance online

Ahead of the Battle of Jutland Centenary, the public are being to urged discover and share stories of the men who fought on Imperial War Museums’ digital memorial, Lives of the First World War.

May 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Blacksmiths to create WW1 Poppy Cenotaph in Flanders

Blacksmiths and farriers from around the world are working on a project to create a steel cenotaph and poppies in Flanders, remembering people of all sides affected by the First World War.

May 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland families unite in Trafalgar Square tribute to the Fallen

Descendants of the Battle of Jutland commanders paid tribute to all those who died in the biggest naval clash of the First World War at a ceremony in London’s Trafalgar Square on May 23rd 2016.

May 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – 1,000 public tickets for Scotland’s vigil

Ticket applications are invited to attend the Somme Centenary Vigil at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle, on June 30th 2016.

May 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘WWI’s Greatest Sea Battle’ – Jutland Centenary exhibition at UK National Maritime Museum

As commemorations get underway to mark the Jutland Centenary, a new exhibition examining the battle has just opened at the National Maritime Museum in London.

May 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

French & German leaders in Verdun for Centenary

President François Hollande and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, lead France’s official commemorations today (May 29th 2016) marking the Centenary of the Battle of Verdun.

May 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremony held in Rosyth in Scotland to remember Battle of Jutland

The ceremony was held in Scotland on Saturday 28th May 2016 – 2 days before the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland.

May 31, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary of the Battle of Jutland remembered in UK and at sea

The British Prime Minister David Cameron and the German President Joachim Gauck attended a national remembrance event in Scotland today, Tuesday 31st May 2016.