Battlefields – Page 17 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary: February ticket deadline for July 1 Lochnagar ceremony

Ticket applications for admission to the Somme Centenary commemorations at Lochnagar Crater in France will close on February 15th 2016, organisers announce.

January 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: The Gallipoli campaign ends

The last Allied positions were evacuated at Cape Helles on January 9th 1916, ending the controversial Gallipoli campaign.

January 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

News of My Boy Jack? – Solving the mystery of John Kipling

A century of mystery about the fate of author Rudyard Kipling’s son, Jack, during the Battle of Loos in 1915 may have been solved, according to new research published by the Western Front Association.

January 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand honours its Great War tunnellers with new memorial

The soldiers of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company are being remembered with the dedication of a new memorial in the former mining town of Waihi.

January 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update – Navy Museum to challenge ‘belief Jutland was a German victory’

The National Museum of the Royal Navy says its Jutland Centenary exhibition, opening on May 19th 2016, will challenge “the belief that the battle was a German victory.”

February 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Western Front centenary focus for New Zealand in 2016

New Zealanders who fought at the Battle of the Somme will be remembered during the country’s 2016 programme of international First World War commemorations focussing on France and Belgium.

February 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

France prepares for Verdun Centenary – February 2016

France embarks on a year of commemorations in February 2016, marking the Centenary of the Battle of Verdun.

February 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago in Caucasus campaign – Erzurum falls to Russia

Russian troops captured the fortress town of Erzurum on February 16th 1916, a month after launching a surprise midwinter offensive against Turkey.

February 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Verdun starts

A massive artillery bombardment on the morning of February 21st 1916 signalled the start of the German attack on Verdun, the longest single battle of the First World War.

February 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today – Fort Douaumont falls at Battle of Verdun

French forces defending Verdun suffered a disaster on February 25th 1916, when the biggest of the fortresses fell to a few German troops without a fight.