News – Page 181 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Royal tribute for Battle of Amiens Centenary

At this week’s centenary commemorations, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to Allied cooperation delivering the success of the Battle of Amiens in August 1918.

August 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Liverpool remembers the Chinese Labour Corps

The latest in a series of events across the UK commemorating the First World War service of the Chinese Labour Corps has been held at Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool.

August 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Amiens, and what it meant for ending WW1

Dr Glyn Prysor, Chief Historian at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – talking to Centenary News – summarises the significance of the Battle of Amiens.

August 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Purple Poppy Day launches – August 23 – in memory of First World War horses

A new appeal for equine charities, commemorating horses, donkeys and mules lost in 1914-18, is intended to become an annual event, building support in future years as a legacy of the Centenary.

August 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

First World War censorship under scrutiny in New Zealand

The impact of information curbs imposed during the Great War is scrutinised in a collection of essays, cartoons and a video from New Zealand’s WW100 Centenary programme.

August 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Focus on the Hollybrook War Memorial, Southampton

Britain’s Maritime Archaeology Trust has released an online guide to the Hollybrook Memorial, which honours 1,930 members of Commonwealth land and air forces lost at sea, among them the South African soldiers on SS Mendi.

August 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

France & Germany to host Armistice Centenary ‘Youth for Peace’ forum

Hundreds of young people from Europe and neighbouring countries will meet in Berlin in November 2018 to develop present-day ideas for peace in the light of issues raised by the end of the First World War 100 years ago.

August 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Britain presents SS Mendi bell to South Africa

The bell from the troopship SS Mendi, sunk with the loss of more than 600 South African soldiers during the First World War, has been handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to commemorate their sacrifice.

September 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary revival for opera of love & betrayal in WW1 France

An opera based on the true story of stranded British soldiers who were sheltered by French villagers from 1914-16 is being revived for a First World War Centenary production.

September 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Central Powers start to break – September 1918

A glance at events 100 years ago this month, as Bulgaria was forced out of the First World War, and multiple offensives on the Western Front convinced Germany’s supreme commanders of the need for a ceasefire.