Arts & Culture – Page 28 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

May 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Rare Ottoman Great War carpet for Australian War Memorial

A silk carpet commemorating Turkey’s victory over Allied naval power in the Dardanelles in March 1915 has been acquired by the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

May 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Shrouds of the Somme’ appeal for 2018 Armistice Centenary

A crowd funding campaign has been launched to display a British artist’s poignant tribute to the fallen of the Great War in London for the November 2018 Armistice Centenary.

May 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Commonwealth War Graves Commission founded

The Imperial War Graves Commission – later renamed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – was created by Royal Charter on 21 May 1917 to remember the Great War dead of Britain and its Dominions in perpetuity.

June 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

NZ ‘Victory Medal’ sculpture to mark Flanders battle centenaries

A commemorative work by sculptor Helen Pollock has moved to Messines for the next stage of New Zealand’s First World War Centenary remembrance in Europe.

July 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New ‘War Horse’ reading for 2017 Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

Author Michael Morpurgo will read a new short story in Ypres on Sunday 30 July at the start of commemorations for the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.

July 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Mud Soldier’ rests in Trafalgar Square for Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

The wearied figure of a soldier, sculpted using mud from Passchendaele, has been unveiled in London as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the Third Battle of Ypres 100 years ago.

July 28, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace’ in Passchendaele

Photographer Mike Sheil's latest exhibition is taking place in Passandale Church as part of the Third Battle of Ypres commemorations now under way in Flanders.

End Date: 12 Nov 2017

July 28, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace’ in Passchendaele

Photographer Mike Sheil's latest exhibition is taking place in Passandale Church as part of the Third Battle of Ypres commemorations now under way in Flanders.