News – Page 174 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 21, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Great War Symphony – a ‘Monument in Music’ for the Centenary

Centenary News has listened in to recording of ‘The Great War Symphony’ – a new choral work specially written for the closing WW1 commemorations by British composer Patrick Hawes.

January 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Argonne project remembering America’s bloodiest WWI battle

A project highlighting key sites in the US Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 has been launched by France’s National Forestry Office.

January 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Record visitors at Austria’s Military History Museum

Visitor numbers at the Vienna-based museum dedicated to Austrian military history hit a new record in 2017 – with the First World War again a significant draw.

January 31, 2018 CN Editorial Team

UK Government backs new memorial to Sikh troops

Plans for a national memorial in London to honour Sikhs who fought for Britain in both world wars have won government support.

February 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Islay remembers 1918 troopship losses

The Scottish island of Islay is embarking on events to commemorate the sinking of the Tuscania and Otranto, with the loss of 700 American and British lives.

February 6, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: First UK women given the vote

Campaigners for women’s suffrage in Britain achieved a victory during the First World War, with some women winning the right to vote in 1918.

February 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Update on Islay’s Tuscania centenary tribute

People on the Hebridean island of Islay gathered on February 5 for the first in a series of events in 2018 commemorating First World War tragedies on their shores a century ago.

February 12, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New Cambrai tank museum opens, March 2018

A museum built to mark the Battle of Cambrai Centenary will open to the public on March 15, with the British tank Deborah as its centrepiece.

February 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

France invites New Zealanders to create Le Quesnoy peace garden

New Zealand landscapers are invited to submit plans for a memorial peace garden in Le Quesnoy, the French town liberated by New Zealand troops in the last week of the First World War.

February 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: War resumes on the Eastern Front

The Central Powers drove towards Russia on 18 February 1918, following the breakdown of peace talks with the new revolutionary government.