News – Page 159 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Execution of first British officer in WW1 – December 10 1916

Second lieutenant Eric Poole, shot by firing squad on 10 December 1916, was the first British army officer to be executed in the Great War, despite evidence of shell shock.

December 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Cyclists rally for ‘India Remembers’ commemorative ride

Cyclists from Pune have rallied for a 130-kilometre (80-mile) bike ride as part of an initiative to promote remembrance of India’s war dead since 1914.

December 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Joffre loses French army command to Nivelle

General Joseph Joffre was replaced as French army chief in December 1916, in the latest leadership shake-up among the big powers midway through the First World War.

December 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Verdun ends after 10-month struggle

The longest battle of the First World War ended at Verdun on 18 December 1916, after a campaign costing hundreds of thousands French and German casualties.

December 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Centenary Year 2016 – Remembered in Centenary News pictures

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1916.

January 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2017

The penultimate year of the Great War unleashed events that would reshape the world in the 20th century.

January 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary – UK ticket ballot opens

Descendants of those who fought at the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele are invited to apply for tickets to attend the UK’s centenary commemorations in Belgium on 31 July 2017.

January 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Book launch – ‘National Myth & the First World War in Modern Popular Music’

A new book exploring how the First World War has influenced songwriters from the 1950s to the present day will be launched with a lecture by author Peter Grant in London on 7 March 2017.

January 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Was Jutland the battle that won the First World War? – Debate

British and German naval historians will answer questions about the Battle of Jutland in a public debate organised by the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, on 2 February 2017.

January 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Visitor numbers at US National World War I Museum hit another record

More than 300,000 people visited the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City in 2016, setting a new record for the third year in a row.