News – Page 171 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

First World War Italian campaign photos discovered in Australia

Centenary News reader Vick Kristoff tells us about his discovery of hundreds of glass photographic negatives revealing scenes from the Italian front in the Great War.

November 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Balfour Declaration

Britain pledged its support for the establishment of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine, in a letter written by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour on 2 November 1917.

November 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – Australia pledges $7.5m for local projects

Applications open on 11 November 2017 for a $7.5 million Australian community grants programme to mark the 2018 Centenary of the First World War Armistice.

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Hold High The Torch’ – CWGC global remembrance event, November 11

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission invites people to take part in a global remembrance event on Armistice Day, using digital technology to create ‘a wave of light from Sydney to London.’

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Passchendaele ends

Canadian troops completed the capture of Passchendaele on 10 November 1917, ending the Allied offensive in Flanders known also as the Third Battle of Ypres.

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC launches new charity ‘bridging generation gap’ in remembrance

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is embarking on a new venture, encouraging young people to take forward remembrance of the dead of both world wars.

November 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Zeebrugge Raid Centenary 2018 – Call for Papers

The National Museum of the Royal Navy is inviting papers for an April 2018 conference marking the centenary of Britain’s attempt to seal off German U-boat bases on the Belgian coast.

November 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US digs in for start of ‘long overdue’ WW1 National Memorial in Washington

The new US National World War I Memorial has taken a significant step forward, with a ground-breaking ceremony to get the project under way in the nation’s capital.

November 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – France to invite world leaders

Leaders of the countries involved in the First World War will be invited to Paris for the November 2018 Centenary of the Armistice, President Macron announces.

November 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Cambrai – told by The Tank Museum

Britain’s Tank Museum is releasing a documentary ahead of the Battle of Cambrai Centenary on November 20, telling the story of the first mass tank attack in history.