News – Page 93 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Germany invades Belgium; and Britain declares war on Germany

100 years ago today, on August 4th 1914, Germany invaded Belgium at 8.02am. Later that day, at 11pm, Britain declared war on Germany.

August 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

German President, French President, Prince William and King of Belgium speak at Liège remembrance event

The German President said Germany’s invasion of Belgium was “completely unjustifiable”. Prince William talked of how enemies are now friends and allies. And the King of Belgium said we should “cherish” the peace we now have in Europe.

August 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Europe remembers August 4th 1914 with events at Liège and Mons

Memorial events are being held in Belgium today to mark the start of the First World War. The main events are in Liège and at the St Symphorien Military Cemetery near Mons. They will be attended by heads of state, members of royal families, and relatives of those who died in the war.

August 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

August 4th 2014: call for ‘Lights Out’ across UK at 10pm to mark war Centenary

People across the UK are invited to turn off their lights tonight for a moment of shared reflection on the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

August 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Mons commemoration event at St Symphorien Military Cemetery

Royalty, heads of state, and families of those who had died in the war gathered at the St Symphorien Military Cemetery near Mons in Belgium this evening for what the Commonwealth War Graves Commission described as “a unique act of commemoration” to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

August 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Prince Harry opens ‘Step Short’ Arch remembering the millions who sailed to war from Channel port of Folkestone

Prince Harry has inaugurated a commemorative arch in Folkestone, dedicated to the heroism and sacrifice of those who passed through the English Channel port on their way to the Western Front.

August 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Events: the latest on what’s happening today, August 4th 2014

A Centenary News update on some of the many events taking place in Britain and around the world to mark the start of the Great War 100 years ago.

August 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary poppies spread around Tower of London in memory of First World War dead

The Tower of London moat is filling with hundreds of thousands of ceramic poppies, each commemorating a British or colonial military death during the First World War.

August 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Three million UK homes answered ‘Lights Out’ call on centenary of war

More than three million households in the UK are estimated to have taken part in the ‘Lights Out’ event, remembering the night Britain entered the First World War a century ago.

August 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British writer criticises the UK’s approach to the centenary – saying it that has “lost all sense of proportion”

The British author and journalist Simon Jenkins has written a strongly worded comment article in the Guardian saying that the centenary has been seized as a military propaganda opportunity, and that lessons learned have been ignored or forgotten.