News – Page 168 – First World War Centenary News Archive

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.

July 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Mud Soldier’ rests in Trafalgar Square for Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

The wearied figure of a soldier, sculpted using mud from Passchendaele, has been unveiled in London as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the Third Battle of Ypres 100 years ago.

July 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Passchendaele Centenary – 13 war memorials in England ‘listed’ or upgraded

A memorial to a rugby star and a monument in a village built for disabled veterans are among 13 English war memorials newly listed for conservation, or upgraded, to mark the Battle of Passchendaele Centenary.

July 30, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Eve-of-Centenary commemorations in Ypres for 1917 battle

Events have been taking place in Ypres tonight (Sunday July 30) on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.

July 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele starts

British-led forces began an offensive in Flanders on 31 July 1917 that is still mired in controversy.

August 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Tyne Cot Centenary service remembers Passchendaele loss & sacrifice

The world’s largest Commonwealth cemetery was the setting for commemorations on 31 July 2017 honouring those who fought and died at the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele 100 years ago.

August 4, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Surviving Battle of Cambrai tank moves to new home

‘Deborah’, the British tank unearthed in France 19 years ago, has arrived at a new museum opening in November 2017 for the Battle of Cambrai Centenary.

August 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New projects mark 1917 Centenary of China joining WW1

China’s entry into the Great War 100 years ago is being marked with the launch of new initiatives by the UK-based Ensuring We Remember campaign.

August 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘For Those in Peril’ – CWGC call to remember those lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is inviting individuals, groups and schools to research the stories of thousands of sailors commemorated on a distinctive trio of UK naval memorials.

August 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

German U-boat wreck protected in the North Sea

The wreck of a German mine-laying submarine sunk in the closing stages of the First World War has been protected on the advice of Historic England.