Battlefields – Page 23 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC highlights ‘forgotten’ Salonika Front

A remembrance service has been hosted by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Greece as part of a joint effort with the British Embassy in Athens to raise awareness of those lost in the Salonika campaign.

October 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC launches Somme battlefield guide

Centenary News reports from an event at the Canadian High Commission in London, marking publication of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Somme Battlefield Companion.

October 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Leicester University remembers fallen soldier commemorated with its founding

Archive material has uncovered one of the stories that inspired Leicester University’s foundation as a ‘living memorial’ to the dead of the First World War.

October 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Verdun, 100 years ago – France recaptures Fort Douaumont

French colonial troops entered Fort Douaumont on 24 October 1916, ending an eight-month German occupation of the biggest of the Verdun fortresses.

October 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘France at War’ – Kipling reports from the Front, 1915

Collector Andy Moreton delves into his prized copy of a book of reports from the Western Front by the British writer Rudyard Kipling.

Author: Andy Moreton

October 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘France at War’ – Kipling reports from the Front, 1915

Collector Andy Moreton delves into his prized copy of a book of reports from the Western Front by the British writer Rudyard Kipling.

November 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Lens’ 14-18 Museum hosts November 2016 Armistice commemorations

A weekend of Armistice commemorations at the Lens’14-18 Museum will include a torchlight ceremony at the new ‘Ring of Remembrance’ memorial overlooking the former battlefields of Artois.

November 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of the Somme ends

The Battle of the Somme drew to a close on 18 November 1916 after more than four months of fighting, and more than a million casualties on all sides.

November 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Shrouds of the Somme’ – Artist’s Centenary tribute in Bristol

As the 2016 Somme commemorations draw to a close, Centenary News finds the public deeply moved during another display of the ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ installation following its July debut in Exeter.

December 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Bucharest falls to the Central Powers – December 6 1916

Bucharest became the latest European capital to fall to the Central Powers during the Great War when German-led troops entered the city 100 years ago.