News – Page 161 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ project to highlight ‘overlooked’ campaigns

A new project aims to raise awareness of the men and women from Britain and its former empire who served in the ‘often overlooked’ WW1 campaigns in Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Africa.

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Salonika Remembers’ – schools invited to explore CWGC sites in Greece

A project for schools commemorating the centenary of the Salonika Campaign has been launched by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in partnership with the British Council in Greece.

February 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Submarine Centenary: UK memorial wins added heritage protection

Conservationists have upgraded the protected status of Britain’s national memorial to submariners to safeguard its preservation for future generations.

February 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Submarine Centenary: Historic U-boat wreck photos released

German submarines wrecked on the Cornish coast after the First World War have been revealed by conservationists in photos newly acquired by the Historic England archives.

February 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US national ceremony to mark WWI Centennial – April 2017

America will commemorate the centenary of its entry into the First World War with a national ceremony on April 6, the US WWI Centennial Commission announces.

February 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

France prepares for Battle of Chemin des Dames Centenary

Commemorations will be taking place in the Aisne region at Easter to mark the centenary of the First World War battle that shook French morale to the core in April 1917.

February 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand marks Battle of Messines Centenary – June 2017

New Zealand will hold events in Belgium on June 7 to commemorate its role in the Battle of Messines, a dramatic prelude to the main Allied offensive at Ypres in 1917.

February 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Passchendaele Remembered’ – 3rd Battle of Ypres Centenary events update

The latest on commemorations coming up in Flanders in 2017 to mark the centenary of a WW1 campaign fought in some of the most atrocious conditions on the Western Front.

February 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Appeal for information about 15 First World War soldiers

Researchers are appealing for help to discover the personal stories of 15 First World War soldiers commemorated at the offices of Lloyd’s Register in London.

February 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: South African troops lost in SS Mendi disaster

The troopship SS Mendi sank after a collision in the English Channel on 21 February 1917, claiming the lives of more than 600 South Africans being sent to the Western Front.