News – Page 99 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary of ‘Race to the Sea’ and ‘Mademoiselle from Armentières’ remembered in France

The 100th anniversary of the battles known as the ‘Race to the Sea’ will be remembered with a historical re-enactment in the French town of Armentières in October 2014.

End Date: 12 Oct 2014

September 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Light Front 14’ – Torchlight remembrance of the Western Front in Belgium

Thousands of flaming torches will light up the former Western Front in Belgium on October 17th 2014, commemorating the line as it stood 100 years ago.

End Date: 17 Oct 2014

September 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘The Orient in Bohemia?’ Prague exhibition remembering First World War Jewish refugees

The Jewish Museum in Prague focuses on Jewish refugees who fled the Eastern Front with an exhibition running until February 1st 2015.

End Date: 01 Feb 2015

October 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Classic film telling the story of 1914 naval battles restored for Centenary

The British Film Institute’s First World War commemorations continue with a special screening of The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, an epic recreation of two key naval battles 100 years ago.

October 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Antwerp builds Centenary pontoon bridge to mark 1914 siege

The 100th anniversary of the siege of Antwerp is being marked with the opening of a peace bridge across the River Scheldt on October 3rd 2014.

October 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

L’Adieu aux Armes – Roubaix remembers First World War with 4-year art show

The French city of Roubaix has launched a four-year programme of art exhibitions commemorating the First World War Centenary in a gallery which used to be an art deco swimming pool.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

October 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sopwith Camel goes aloft for ‘First World War in the Air’ at RAF Museum in London

A Sopwith Camel fighter plane has been hoisted into place for the start of the RAF Museum’s ‘First World War in the Air’ exhibition in December 2014.

October 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Human chain to remember France’s ‘forgotten front’

A human chain will line up across former battlefields in Northern France on October 18th 2014 to highlight a ‘forgotten front’ of the First World War.

End Date: 18 Oct 2014

October 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: overwhelming interest in Antwerp’s pontoon bridge

Tens of thousands of people crossed a pontoon bridge in Antwerp, opened from October 3rd-5th 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of the city’s First World War siege.

October 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Four Canadian soldiers who fell in France in 1918 identified

The remains of four Canadian First World War soldiers found in France have been identified after eight years of painstaking research.