Belgium – Page 12 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

London to Ypres trek to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War

The Royal Star & Garter Homes is organising a five day trek from London to Ypres to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

September 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

London ‘Battle Bus’ leaves for Centenary Western Front tour

London Transport Museum’s restored First World War bus has set off on a tour of the former battlefields of Flanders and France.

September 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Australian War Memorial’s ‘Menin Gate Lions’ go on loan for Centenary

A pair of stone lions from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be lent to Canada for a First World War Centenary exhibition.

September 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: London ‘Battle Bus’ at the Last Post in Ypres

London Transport Museum’s 1914 ‘Battle Bus’ took part in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate, Ypres, on September 20th 2014 as part of its Centenary tour.

September 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Light Front 14’ – Torchlight remembrance of the Western Front in Belgium

Thousands of flaming torches will light up the former Western Front in Belgium on October 17th 2014, commemorating the line as it stood 100 years ago.

End Date: 17 Oct 2014

October 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Antwerp builds Centenary pontoon bridge to mark 1914 siege

The 100th anniversary of the siege of Antwerp is being marked with the opening of a peace bridge across the River Scheldt on October 3rd 2014.

October 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: overwhelming interest in Antwerp’s pontoon bridge

Tens of thousands of people crossed a pontoon bridge in Antwerp, opened from October 3rd-5th 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of the city’s First World War siege.

October 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War ‘Race To The Sea’ British soldiers to be reburied

Fifteen British soldiers are to be reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in France on October 22nd 2014, a century after they were killed in fighting near the Belgian border.

End Date: 22 Oct 2014

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

£92,000 UK lottery grant announced for project remembering Edith Cavell

The story of the executed First World War Nurse, Edith Cavell, is to be told by the Cavell Nurses’ Trust with a grant totalling almost £92,000 from the UK Heritage Lottery Fund.

October 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Update on ‘Light Front’- tonight’s torchlight Western Front commemoration in Belgium

More details have been released of ‘Light Front’ – the torchlight remembrance event taking place on the former Western Front in Belgium tonight (October 17th 2014).