News – Page 150 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC launches ‘Thiepval App’

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched an app for the Battle of the Somme Centenary, helping visitors to locate soldiers’ names on the Thiepval Memorial.

June 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centennial expansion for US WWI Museum

The US National World War I Museum in Kansas City talks to CN’s Patrick Gregory about plans for major expansion of its gallery space.

June 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary events to mark Battle of the Boar’s Head in France

Commemorations are planned at Richebourg in Northern France, marking the centenary of an attack which cost British troops heavy losses on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

June 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Canadian War Museum focus on WW1 legacy in Newfoundland & Labrador

Photo exhibitions launched at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, ahead of the Battle of the Somme Centenary, highlight the impact of the First World War on Newfoundland and Labrador.

June 20, 2016 CN Editorial Team

HMS Hampshire wreck surveyed off Orkney

Marine archaeologists from the University of the Highlands & Islands have surveyed the wreck of HMS Hampshire, the British cruiser sunk in June 1916 with the loss of War Minister Lord Kitchener and most of the crew.

June 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK online tribute to overseas Victoria Cross winners

A digital archive telling the stories of 175 overseas recipients of Britain’s highest award for valour has gone online as part of the UK Government’s First World War Centenary programme.

June 23, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: German offensives peak at Verdun

French troops defending Verdun came under renewed pressure in June-July 1916 as the German Army made its closest advances to the town.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Call to commemorate sportsmen who fell on the Somme

UK sports stars are backing a Royal British Legion call for sporting groups at all levels to remember their forebears who fought and died at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Australia’s first Western Front VC displayed in Canberra

The Australian War Memorial is displaying the medals of Private William ‘Bill’ Jackson VC as part of centenary commemorations marking Australia’s role on the Western Front.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary: UK two-minute silence on July 1

Britain will observe two minutes of silence at 7.28 am on Friday July 1st 2016, marking 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme.

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