Canada – Page 11 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of the Somme

One of the most controversial battles of the First World War started on July 1st 1916, with a massive British-led attack on German positions in the Somme region of Northern France.

July 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Round-up of other Somme centenary memorial events

As well as the commemorative events at Thiepval and Manchester, there were many other events in the UK and France that marked the centenary.

July 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Royal family join Newfoundland tributes to ‘defining moment’ on the Somme

Princess Anne attended Newfoundland’s centenary commemorations on July 1st 2016 remembering soldiers of the Newfoundland Regiment who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

August 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Light in the Darkest Hour’ – Somme Centenary tribute at Shorncliffe

Hundreds of lanterns have been lit on First World War soldiers’ graves at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery in the UK as part of commemorations marking the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme.

September 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The World Remembers’ – 1916 memorial event opens

The Canadian War Museum is among 60 institutions globally hosting the 2016 screening of The World Remembers’ – a video project commemorating the dead of the Great War.

October 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC launches Somme battlefield guide

Centenary News reports from an event at the Canadian High Commission in London, marking publication of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Somme Battlefield Companion.

October 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Canadian War Museum acquires ship’s wheel from Halifax blast survivor HMCS Niobe

One of the few surviving artefacts from an historic Canadian warship caught up in a First World War disaster is joining the Canadian War Museum’s collections in Ottawa.

November 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Oxford seminars to explore ‘how we can best commemorate war’

Leading figures from the arts and politics will discuss post-war commemoration and reconciliation at a series of seminars in 2017-18, Oxford University announces.

December 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Execution of first British officer in WW1 – December 10 1916

Second lieutenant Eric Poole, shot by firing squad on 10 December 1916, was the first British army officer to be executed in the Great War, despite evidence of shell shock.

January 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2017

The penultimate year of the Great War unleashed events that would reshape the world in the 20th century.