Australia has remembered its first action on the Somme with commemorations on July 23rd marking the Battle of Pozières in the summer of 1916.
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Battle of Chemin des Dames Centenary 2017 – Aisne call for projects
Centenary News looks ahead to a significant French anniversary, as the Aisne region prepares for commemorations marking the Battle of the Chemin des Dames, also known as the Nivelle Offensive and the Second Battle of the Aisne.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Romania enters First World War
Romanian troops attacked Transylvania on August 27th 1916, opening a new front against Austria-Hungary in the Balkans.
Continue readingSomme Centenary – New Zealand remembers at Longueval Sept 15
Prince Charles is to join New Zealanders in France next week for commemorations honouring those who fought at the Battle of the Somme a century ago.
Continue readingFamilies of tank pioneers mark WW1 Tank Centenary
Descendants of soldiers who took Britain’s early tanks into battle gathered in London ahead of this week’s centenary of the first ever-tank action during the Great War.
Continue reading100 Years Ago: UK Prime Minister’s son killed in action
British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith suffered a personal tragedy on 15 September 1916 when his eldest son, Raymond, was killed on the Somme.
Continue reading‘The Price of a Mile’ – exhibition honouring Somme doctors
Booking is open for the London preview of a new exhibition paying tribute to doctors who administered anaesthetics and pain relief to the wounded at the Battle of the Somme.
Continue readingSomme Centenary events in France honour New Zealand’s Fallen
New Zealand held a series of commemorations in France on 15 September 2016 to mark the centenary of the New Zealand Division joining the Battle of the Somme.
Continue readingWreck of Jutland warship HMS Warrior found in North Sea
Marine archaeologists have discovered the last missing wreck from the Battle of Jutland, 100 years after the biggest naval clash of the First World War.
Continue readingTwo unknown WW1 soldiers buried at Commonwealth cemetery in France
Two British First World War soldiers whose identities remain unknown a century after they fell have been laid to rest on the former battlefields of Loos in Northern France.
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