News – Page 155 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Families of tank pioneers mark WW1 Tank Centenary

Descendants of soldiers who took Britain’s early tanks into battle gathered in London ahead of this week’s centenary of the first ever-tank action during the Great War.

September 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Tank Centenary – Tank display marks historic 1916 attack

100 years after the first tanks rolled into action, a replica First World War British tank took up positions in the heart of London for the September 15 Centenary.

September 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: UK Prime Minister’s son killed in action

British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith suffered a personal tragedy on 15 September 1916 when his eldest son, Raymond, was killed on the Somme.

September 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The Price of a Mile’ – exhibition honouring Somme doctors

Booking is open for the London preview of a new exhibition paying tribute to doctors who administered anaesthetics and pain relief to the wounded at the Battle of the Somme.

September 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary events in France honour New Zealand’s Fallen

New Zealand held a series of commemorations in France on 15 September 2016 to mark the centenary of the New Zealand Division joining the Battle of the Somme.

September 26, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Lincolnshire WW1 aviation project ready for take-off with UK lottery grant

A centenary project in Lincolnshire has been awarded a £423,500 grant from the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund for a project highlighting the county’s role in pioneering First World War aviation.

September 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Wreck of Jutland warship HMS Warrior found in North Sea

Marine archaeologists have discovered the last missing wreck from the Battle of Jutland, 100 years after the biggest naval clash of the First World War.

September 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The World Remembers’ – 1916 memorial event opens

The Canadian War Museum is among 60 institutions globally hosting the 2016 screening of The World Remembers’ – a video project commemorating the dead of the Great War.

October 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog for September 2016 – the race for the White House in 1916

The start of the American Presidential election campaign 100 years ago features in the fifth anniversary Centennial Countdown posted by US blogger Dennis Cross, published on 30 September 2016.

October 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Vigils remember Virginia’s First World War soldiers.

Vigils were held in Virginia on 17 September 2016 in memory of the US state’s soldiers who served in the Great War.