News – Page 162 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering the SS Mendi – South Africa leads centenary tributes

Centenary News reports from the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton, where South Africa held a service on February 20, commemorating more than 600 troops lost in the sinking of the SS Mendi.

February 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Chemin des Dames: Centenary dossier from Mission Centenaire

Articles and videos explaining the Battle of the Chemin des Dames have been released together online by Mission Centenaire for the April 2017 Centenary.

February 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Posters as Munitions, 1917’ – Centennial exhibition at US WW1 museum

A special exhibition illustrating the use of the poster as a propaganda weapon has opened at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

March 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Remembering World War I is essential’ – US Centennial Commissioner

The First World War was the ‘shaping event’ of the 20th century, and America should continue to learn from ‘this great tragedy’, says Dr Monique Brouillet Seefried, a US World War I Centennial Commissioner.

March 5, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Imperial War Museum founded during WW1

The Imperial War Museum was founded on 5 March 1917 when the British Government approved a proposal for a national museum to record events taking place while the First World War was still being fought.

March 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Matching Centenary tributes to fallen Durham soldier

The family of a British soldier killed on the Somme battlefields in March 1917 have marked the centenary of his death with simultaneous wreath layings in the UK and France.

March 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Three more WW1 Victoria Crosses displayed at the Australian War Memorial

Victoria Cross medals awarded to three Australian soldiers in 1917-18 have been added to the Centenary display in the Australian War Memorial’s Hall of Valour.

March 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

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

Cultural historian Dr Peter Grant talks about his new book charting the influence of the Great War on songwriters from the 1950s to the present day.

March 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Royal opening for ‘Women and the Royal Navy’ centenary exhibition

Princess Anne has opened a centenary exhibition at the Royal Navy Museum, Portsmouth, dedicated to the role of women in the British navy.

March 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tributes to Captain Archibald Bisset Smith VC

Ceremonies have been held in Scotland and New Zealand to honour Archibald Bisset Smith, a First World War merchant ship’s captain awarded the Victoria Cross, and the crewmen lost with him on the SS Otaki.