News – Page 167 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New memorial honours African & Caribbean troops of both World Wars

A monument unveiled in London last week finally honoured the many thousands of servicemen and women from African and Caribbean countries who fought for Britain in the First and Second World Wars.

July 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cork conference recalls US Navy in Ireland during WW1

International scholars gather at University College Cork this week for a public conference marking the centenary of the US Navy’s First World War deployment to Ireland.

July 5, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: King George’s Fund for Sailors founded

Seafarers UK, a charity created as King George’s Fund for Sailors during the First World War to help seafarers’ families in need, marks its Centenary today (5 July 2017).

July 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: HMS Vanguard blast kills more than 840

Commemorations have been held in Orkney to remember those lost when the British battleship, HMS Vanguard, blew up and sank on 9 July 1917.

July 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Russia’s last Great War offensive – July 1917

The Kerensky Offensive, Russia’s last major attack of the First World War, was fought on the Eastern Front 100 years ago.

July 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Lest We Forget’ – Oxford campaign to save WW1 stories for future generations

An Oxford University team is leading a UK-wide drive to find and conserve First World War photos, letters and mementos beyond the close of the Centenary in 2018.

July 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New ‘War Horse’ reading for 2017 Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

Author Michael Morpurgo will read a new short story in Ypres on Sunday 30 July at the start of commemorations for the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.

July 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

UK sites protected in memory of New Zealanders lost at Messines

Two monuments commemorating New Zealand’s WW1 soldiers have been protected on the advice of conservationists Historic England to mark the June 2017 Battle of Messines Centenary.

July 19, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: British Royal Family becomes House of Windsor

King George V changed his family’s name to Windsor on 17 July 1917 with a proclamation relinquishing use of all German titles.

July 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The unveiling of the Menin Gate – how blind veterans told the story

Two blind soldiers’ accounts of the unveiling of the Menin Gate 90 years ago today have been voiced for the charity, Blind Veterans UK, founded as St Dunstan’s during WW1.