A reminder of some of the main events shaping the last four months of the First World War in 1918 – together with an update on forthcoming centenary commemorations.
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Central Powers start to break – September 1918
A glance at events 100 years ago this month, as Bulgaria was forced out of the First World War, and multiple offensives on the Western Front convinced Germany’s supreme commanders of the need for a ceasefire.
Continue readingProject launches to trace WW1 Belgian refugees
Researchers are trying to discover more about the stories of 250,000 refugees who came to Britain from Belgium after Germany invaded in August 1914.
Continue reading‘Shaping Our Sorrow’ – CWGC archive display launches for Armistice Centenary
More than 600 documents and photos from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s extensive archives have been released online for the end of the First World War Centenary.
Continue readingArmistice Centenary events round-up, October/November 2018
A Centenary News look at some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago.
Continue readingThe last days of WW1 – October/November 1918
A Centenary News glance at key events in the closing days of the Great War, as the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires stopped fighting, and Germany too edged towards a ceasefire.
Continue readingArmistice Centenary events update – November 2018
An update on some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago this month.
Continue readingA day of solemn ceremony – as global events close the WW1 Centenary with pledges ‘Not to Forget’
After more than four years of commemorations, the First World War Centenary came to an end on November 11 with international tributes and pleas to work for peace on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.
Continue readingSt Symphorien tributes to the fallen of 1914 and 1918
The first and the last British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in action in the Great War have been remembered in Armistice Centenary ceremonies at the cemetery in Belgium where they lie together.
Continue readingBelgium & Canada honour last Commonwealth soldier killed in WW1
Centenary News watches the official opening of the George Price Memorial, near Mons, commemorating the death of the last Commonwealth soldier to die in action in World War 1 before the Armistice took effect.
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