News – Page 160 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

NZ’s new Prime Minister visits WW1 battlefields in Belgium

New Zealand’s recently appointed Prime Minister, Bill English, has made an early visit to First World War memorials at the centre of Centenary commemorations in 2017.

January 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘The Earth Remembers’ – Arras honours New Zealand tunnellers for 2017 Centenary

A new memorial honouring New Zealand’s WW1 tunnellers is due to be inaugurated during the Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations in France in April 2017.

January 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Vimy Ridge Centenary – Canada pays tribute, April 2017

Canada will hold ceremonies on 9 April 2017 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the First World War victory seen as a defining moment for the country.

January 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Women and the Royal Navy: Pioneers to Professionals’ – Exhibition opening February 2017

The role of women in the British navy will be highlighted in a centenary exhibition opening at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, in February.

January 19, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Silvertown Explosion

More than 70 people were killed, and hundreds more injured, in a blast at a munitions factory in London’s docklands on 19 January 1917.

January 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Poppy seeds highlight WW1 Centennial on US Inauguration Day

US Centennial Commission volunteers handed out Flanders poppy seeds during the Presidential inauguration in Washington to raise awareness of America’s forthcoming Great War commemorations.

January 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US WWI Museum seeks your vote on historic Great War posters

Ahead of a new war poster exhibition, the National World War I Museum, Kansas City, is holding a global ballot to find the most popular choice with the public.

January 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

War artist Wyndham Lewis to feature in IWM’s 2017 Centenary events

A major retrospective devoted to the First World War work of modernist painter Wyndham Lewis is among the special exhibitions announced for Imperial War Museums’ Centenary year.

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Germany resumes ‘sink on sight’ U-boat war

Germany took the fateful step of resuming unrestricted submarine attacks on merchant ships from 1 February 1917, in an attempt to cut off Britain’s vital supplies.

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘War Beneath the Waves’ – Germany’s U-boats in Flanders

German U-boat operations on the Flemish coast were discussed by marine archaeologist Tomas Termote at a lecture launching the English edition of his book on the WW1 submarine campaign.