Battlefields – Page 19 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Latest events round-up

A reminder from Centenary News of some of the many Battle of Jutland Centenary commemorations taking place on May 31st 2016.

April 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Siege of Kut ends in Ottoman victory

The Ottoman Army captured the Mesopotamian town of Kut-al-Amara on April 29th 1916 when British-led forces surrendered after almost five months under siege.

April 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC marks Siege of Kut Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has published an article and audio clips on its website, remembering the fall of Kut 100 years ago.

May 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme motorway break for battlefield photo exhibition

A Somme motorway service area is the latest destination for photographer Michael St Maur Sheil’s centenary touring exhibition, Fields of Battle – Lands of Peace 14-18.

May 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Canada’s Vimy Oaks returning to France for 2017 Centennial

A project is under way in Canada to ‘repatriate’ descendants of French oak trees for the centenary commemorations of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 2017.

May 11, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Jutland: The Unfinished Battle’ – Centenary exhibition in Germany

A special exhibition opens at the Deutches Marinemuseum on May 29th 2016 as part of a weekend of remembrance in Wilhelmshaven marking the centenary of the Skagerrakschlacht/Battle of Jutland.

May 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK navy museum explores ‘misunderstood’ Battle of Jutland

Britain’s Royal Navy Museum has opened its major Centenary exhibition ’36 Hours: Jutland 1916, The Battle that Won the War’ at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

May 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – IWM call to share remembrance online

Ahead of the Battle of Jutland Centenary, the public are being to urged discover and share stories of the men who fought on Imperial War Museums’ digital memorial, Lives of the First World War.

May 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland families unite in Trafalgar Square tribute to the Fallen

Descendants of the Battle of Jutland commanders paid tribute to all those who died in the biggest naval clash of the First World War at a ceremony in London’s Trafalgar Square on May 23rd 2016.

May 26, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Lt General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude – the ‘unknown victor’ in the Middle East

The General who rebuilt British and Indian forces for the Mesopotamia Campaign after the fall of Kut in April 1916 is discussed by Paul Knight.

Author: Major Paul Knight