News – Page 172 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Cambrai Centenary events get under way

A surviving Great War tank has been the focus for a remembrance service in the UK town of Ashford, as Cambrai Centenary commemorations start in Britain and France this weekend.

November 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai Centenary – tank tribute at London’s Cenotaph

Soldiers and veterans of Britain’s Royal Tank Regiment paraded before a replica Mark IV tank at the Cenotaph in tribute to their predecessors who fought at the Battle of Cambrai 100 years ago.

November 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai tank veteran ‘Deborah’ keeps vigil in new home

A first glimpse of the Battle of Cambrai veteran Deborah in her final resting place, 100 years after she fought in the first mass tank attack.

November 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Scotland honours pioneering WW1 doctor Elsie Inglis

Tributes are being paid to the doctor who defied disapproval to set up hospitals, staffed by women, to treat wounded soldiers in France and the Balkans.

December 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Military Wives Choirs campaign to record 2018 Centenary album

More than 70 British Military Wives Choirs are uniting with military bands from all three services to record a new album commemorating the end of the WW1 Centenary in 2018.

December 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Halifax Explosion

A ship loaded with high explosives blew up following a collision in the Canadian port of Halifax on 6 December 1917, killing 2,000 people and leaving thousands more homeless.

December 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

First US WW1 destroyer loss commemorated for Centenary

Britain’s Maritime Archaeology Trust is telling the story of USS Jacob Jones, torpedoed on 6 December 1917 in the southwest approaches to the English Channel.

December 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The US declares war on Austria-Hungary, 7 December 1917

America extended its WW1 involvement as 1917 drew to a close, declaring war on Germany’s ally, Austria-Hungary.

December 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Armistice on the Eastern Front

Russia’s new revolutionary socialist leaders agreed an armistice with the Central Powers on 15 December 1917, suspending the Great War on the Eastern Front.

December 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 memorials built in 1917 ‘listed’ for conservation

Eight memorials dedicated to the dead of the Great War in 1917 have been newly listed for preservation in their centenary year by the UK Government.