Belgium – Page 17 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary surge of visitors to Flanders

The number of tourists visiting West Flanders almost doubled in 2014, as the First World War centenary commemorations got under way.

March 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary lookahead – Ypres gas attack remembrance, April 2015

Commemorations marking the first large-scale chemical weapons attack in the Great War will take place in Belgium on April 22nd 2015, the 100th anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Ypres.

April 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Mons remembers wartime occupation with new museum

A former waterworks in Mons has been transformed into a new museum dedicated to remembering the wartime occupations of the Belgian city, and its historic role at the start and finish of Britain’s First World War campaign.

April 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News visits the new Mons Memorial Museum in Belgium

A former waterworks in Mons has been transformed into a new museum remembering the city’s historic role in the First World War. CN Deputy Editor Peter Alhadeff reports from Mons.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

April 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News visits the new Mons Memorial Museum in Belgium

A former waterworks in Mons has been transformed into a new museum remembering the city's historic role in the First World War. CN Deputy Editor Peter Alhadeff reports from Mons.

April 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Six British First World War soldiers to be reburied in Belgium

Six British soldiers, killed in action in October 1914, are to be reburied at Prowse Point military cemetery in Belgium on April 16th 2015.

April 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Six British First World War soldiers reburied in Belgium

Six British soldiers, killed in action in October 1914, are to be reburied at Prowse Point military cemetery in Belgium on April 16th 2015.

April 17, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Six British First World War soldiers reburied in Belgium

Six British soldiers who died in the opening weeks of the First World War have been reburied with full military honours in Belgium

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April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News update: Gas attack at Ypres remembered

The first use of deadly chemicals in the First World War was remembered at ceremonies in Belgium on April 22nd 2015 marking the centenary of the start of the Second Battle of Ypres.

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: First lethal gas attack at Ypres

Germany launched its only Western Front offensive of 1915 at Ypres on April 22nd, extensively using deadly chemicals for the first time.