Battlefields – Page 12 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Global tributes mark 30,000th Last Post in Ypres

Worldwide tributes accompanied the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, in Ypres, on July 9th 2015.

July 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary 2016 – ticket limit for Lochnagar Crater service

Entry to the Somme commemoration service at Lochnagar Crater on July 1st 2016 is to be restricted to 5,000 ticket holders for safety reasons.

July 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Loos Centenary events – September 2015

First details have been announced of commemorations in France to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, fought in September/October 1915.

July 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Nasiriyah in Mesopotamia campaign

British and Indian forces advancing into Turkish-ruled Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) took the town of Nasiriyah on July 24th 1915.

August 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Warsaw falls to the German Army

The German Army captured Warsaw on August 4-5th 1915 as part of an offensive against the Russians across the Eastern Front.

August 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: August offensive starts at Gallipoli

The last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli was launched on August 6th 1915, with an attempt to break out of Anzac Cove and a British landing at Suvla Bay.

August 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: Australia remembers the Battle of Lone Pine

Australia held commemorations on August 6th 2015 marking the centenary of the battle for Lone Pine, one of its best known actions of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.

August 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: New Zealand pays tribute at Chunuk Bair

New Zealand marked the centenary of its most significant action of the Gallipoli campaign with commemorations at Chunuk Bair on August 8th 2015.

August 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Call to remember soldiers lost on Gallipoli troopship ‘Royal Edward’ 100 years ago today

David Crampin renews his call for recognition of more than 860 British soldiers who died when the troopship Royal Edward was torpedoed by a German U-boat on August 13th 1915.

August 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 photographer Jeff Gusky reveals his new pictures of the hidden Somme

Jeff Gusky has shared with Centenary News his latest remarkable pictures of underground inscriptions carved by First World War soldiers fighting on the Somme a century ago. Dr Gusky spoke to CN Deputy Editor Peter Alhadeff.

Author: Peter Alhadeff