Battlefields – Page 31 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Focus on Armistice Centenary – Mons 2018

Two days of commemorations are planned in Mons on November 10 & 11 to mark the centenary of the Belgian city’s liberation at the very end of the First World War.

January 3, 2018 CN Editorial Team

How 1918 unfolded – Year of Decision in the Great War

Centenary News considers how years of deadlock came to an end in 1918, as first the Germans and then the Allies went on the attack.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

January 3, 2018 CN Editorial Team

How 1918 unfolded – Year of Decision in the Great War

Centenary News considers how years of deadlock came to an end in 1918, as first the Germans and then the Allies went on the attack.

January 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2018

A Centenary News summary of major anniversaries that shaped 1918, the final year of the First World War – and news of some of the 2018 event programmes announced so far.

January 15, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Urgent appeal to find British WW1 soldier’s family

British military officials trying to identify a First World War soldier’s remains want to trace the family of Edward Norton, a Durham Light Infantry sergeant killed in France in September 1918.

January 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Argonne project remembering America’s bloodiest WWI battle

A project highlighting key sites in the US Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 has been launched by France’s National Forestry Office.

February 12, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New Cambrai tank museum opens, March 2018

A museum built to mark the Battle of Cambrai Centenary will open to the public on March 15, with the British tank Deborah as its centrepiece.

February 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

France invites New Zealanders to create Le Quesnoy peace garden

New Zealand landscapers are invited to submit plans for a memorial peace garden in Le Quesnoy, the French town liberated by New Zealand troops in the last week of the First World War.

March 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Amiens Centenary – Ballot opens for August commemorations

A ticket ballot opens today (March 9) for commemorations in France marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens, the UK Government announces.

March 16, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Update on Zeebrugge Raid conference at Royal Navy Museum

The National Museum of the Royal Navy announces more details of its April conference marking the centenary of Britain’s attempt to block German U-boat bases in Flanders.