News – Page 185 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to Wilfred Owen on the Sambre-Oise Canal

Centenary News joined a commemorative procession in Northern France on November 4, honouring the poet and soldier Wilfred Owen, 100 years to the day after he was killed in action in one of the last battles of the First World War.

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Postal tribute marks Wilfred Owen Centenary

A commemorative cover honouring Wilfred Owen has been released by the British Forces Philatelic Service to remember his death in action 100 years ago today – on 4 November 1918.

November 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update – Royal visit to Shrouds of the Somme

Princess Anne has toured the Shrouds of the Somme tribute marking the WW1 Armistice Centenary at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

November 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Kaiser Wilhelm loses throne – 9 November 1918

Germany’s Emperor, Wilhelm II, was forced to quit two days before the end of the First World War, his abdication unilaterally announced by the Chancellor.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Farewell to the Centenary: more photos from Mons

More pictures from the Armistice Centenary commemorations in Mons, as our own coverage of the 2014-2018 events marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War comes to an end.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

A day of solemn ceremony – as global events close the WW1 Centenary with pledges ‘Not to Forget’

After more than four years of commemorations, the First World War Centenary came to an end on November 11 with international tributes and pleas to work for peace on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

St Symphorien tributes to the fallen of 1914 and 1918

The first and the last British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in action in the Great War have been remembered in Armistice Centenary ceremonies at the cemetery in Belgium where they lie together.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Belgium & Canada honour last Commonwealth soldier killed in WW1

Centenary News watches the official opening of the George Price Memorial, near Mons, commemorating the death of the last Commonwealth soldier to die in action in World War 1 before the Armistice took effect.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Armistice – the Guns of the Great War fell silent 100 years ago today

The Armistice ending the First World War was agreed in Marshal Foch’s train at Compiègne early on the morning of 11 November 1918, coming into effect at 11 o’clock.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

UK National Service of Remembrance & ‘People’s Procession’ mark Armistice Centenary in London

As well as events around Britain, the end of the First World War was marked in London by a National Service of Remembrance and a special procession of 10,000 members of the public past the Cenotaph in Whitehall.