News – Page 178 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

German push halted at Villers-Bretonneux, 25 April 1918

Australian troops, supported by British units, scored a notable victory on Anzac Day 1918, halting a German advance towards Amiens with its strategically important railway junction.

May 3, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Stars & Stripes return to Islay, 100 years on

An American flag made by Scottish islanders to honour US soldiers of the Great War who perished in a U-boat attack has travelled back to Islay for international commemorations taking place on Friday (May 4).

May 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Navies pay combined tribute to ‘Tuscania’ and ‘Otranto’ off Islay

Scotland’s commemorations for the American and British dead of the WW1 troopships SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto got under way with tributes at sea by the British, US, French and German navies.

May 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Flanders exhibitions, ‘1918 – The Final Offensive’

Three exhibitions now under way in Zonnebeke, Heuvelland and Waregem highlight different aspects of the last year of the First World War in Flanders.

May 15, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Update on Shrouds of the Somme & ‘The Trench’

A trench of shrouded figures, each representing a First World War soldier who has no known grave, is the latest tribute from Shrouds of the Somme creator Rob Heard, ahead of a display marking the Armistice Centenary in November 2018.

May 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Downing Street reception for RAF Centenary

A replica of an RAF aerobatic team jet was stationed outside 10 Downing Street for a reception hosted by UK Prime Minister Theresa May to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force.

June 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Featherstone ‘War Horse’ honours WW1 sacrifice

A majestic sculpture of a horse has been unveiled to commemorate 353 soldiers from the Yorkshire town of Featherstone who fell fighting for Britain in the First World War.

June 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Memorial dedicated to millions of horses lost in the Great War

The horses, mules and donkeys from all sides who never returned from the First World War have been honoured with their own memorial in Britain.

June 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Global heritage honour for CWGC Casualty Archive

Archive documents recording the commemoration of the 1.7 million Commonwealth dead of the First and Second World Wars are to be added to a UNESCO world heritage register.

June 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Last Austro-Hungarian push in Italy

What turned out to be Austria-Hungary’s last major offensive of the First World War began in Italy on 15 June 1918.