Battlefields – Page 18 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British & French leaders pay tribute on the Somme

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France remembered the fallen of the Somme during a visit to a Commonwealth cemetery on March 3rd 2016, ahead of this year’s centenary commemorations.

March 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Russia’s Lake Naroch offensive against the German Army

Russia attacked on the Eastern Front on March 18th 1916, in a failed attempt to ease German pressure on France at Verdun.

March 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC update on visiting Thiepval, June-July 2016

Access to the Thiepval Memorial will be restricted over the immediate Somme Centenary period, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission announces.

March 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of the St Eloi Craters

March 27th 2016 marked the centenary of the largely forgotten ‘Battle of the St Eloi Craters’, fought in a landscape pitted by mine explosions near Ypres. Matt Warner tells the story.

Author: Matt Warner

March 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of the St Eloi Craters

March 27th 2016 marked the centenary of the largely forgotten ‘Battle of the St Eloi Craters’, fought in a landscape pitted by mine explosions near Ypres. Matt Warner tells the story.

March 31, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary study doubles New Zealand troop numbers at Gallipoli

The number of New Zealanders who fought at Gallipoli is ‘certain to have been more than 16,000’, military historians in New Zealand say.

April 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – New CWGC guides to remembering thousands lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is encouraging people to remember the Battle of Jutland, with the launch of new commemorative resources for the May 2016 Centenary.

April 11, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Shell shock on the Somme – Centenary News speaks to Taylor Downing, author of ‘Breakdown’

Centenary News’ Books Editor, Eleanor Baggley, talks to Taylor Downing about Breakdown, his new book focusing on ‘the Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme’, and how it challenged preconceived notions of mental illness.

April 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Changing the Landscape’ – artist’s personal quest for great uncle killed on the Somme

Centenary News visits artist Sarah Kogan’s exhibition telling the story of her great uncle who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

April 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

IWM focus on historic Somme film for 2016 Centenary

The pioneering documentary,The Battle of the Somme, is at the centre of Imperial War Museums’ events marking the centenary of the 1916 offensive.