Belgium – Page 21 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary year of 2015 – recalled in pictures from Centenary News

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1915.

February 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Western Front centenary focus for New Zealand in 2016

New Zealanders who fought at the Battle of the Somme will be remembered during the country’s 2016 programme of international First World War commemorations focussing on France and Belgium.

February 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Wipers Times’ again raises a smile for 2016 Centenary

Rare moments of First World War humour are recaptured for the centenary of the Wipers Times, a satirical newspaper founded by two British army officers in Ypres in February 1916.

February 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Kortrijk 1302 – Belgian exhibition explores German First World War occupation

A new exhibition at the heritage museum Kortrijk 1302 in Belgium examines the German occupation during the First World War. Volunteer writer Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports on the exhibition for Centenary News.

Author: Katherine Quinlan-Flatter

February 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Kortrijk 1302 – Belgian exhibition explores German First World War occupation

April 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Seven unknown WW1 British soldiers laid to rest in Flanders

Seven unknown British soldiers of the First World War have been reburied at ceremonies in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium.

April 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Six British WW1 soldiers reburied in Ypres

Six British soldiers have been reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in Ypres, more than 100 years after they fell in Flanders during the First World War.

April 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Flanders & US to work together on plans for American WW1 Centennial

The Governmment of Flanders and America’s World War I Centennial Commission are to work in partnership on plans for marking the centenary of America entering the Great War.

May 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Her Side of the War’ – Women at the front remembered in Flanders

The stories of women who contributed to the Allied war effort are highlighted in Flanders with a special programme of events entitled ‘Her Side of the War.’

May 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Blacksmiths to create WW1 Poppy Cenotaph in Flanders

Blacksmiths and farriers from around the world are working on a project to create a steel cenotaph and poppies in Flanders, remembering people of all sides affected by the First World War.