Canada – Page 12 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Vimy Ridge Centenary – Canada pays tribute, April 2017

Canada will hold ceremonies on 9 April 2017 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the First World War victory seen as a defining moment for the country.

February 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Passchendaele Remembered’ – 3rd Battle of Ypres Centenary events update

The latest on commemorations coming up in Flanders in 2017 to mark the centenary of a WW1 campaign fought in some of the most atrocious conditions on the Western Front.

March 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Arras Centenary update – Scotland remembers

Commemorations honouring Scottish soldiers who fought at the Battle of Arras in 1917 will be held in France and Scotland during a day of international centenary events on 9 April 2017.

March 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Battle Through Canadian Eyes’ – Arras Centenary Exhibition

The French city of Arras is hosting a touring exhibition of Canadian First World War art at the Musée des beaux-arts as part of the Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations.

March 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ – CWGC marks its 2017 Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is marking its Centenary year with the launch of new projects aimed at promoting awareness of its founding mission of remembrance in perpetuity.

April 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Canadian War Museum commemorates Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, is marking the Battle of Vimy Ridge Centenary with upgrades to its existing Vimy display, and a special 100th anniversary exhibition, Vimy – Beyond the Battle.

April 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Canadians in the Great War’ – Remembered in France for Arras/Vimy Centenary

Latest Centenary exhibitions in the Béthune-Bruay area of Northern France focus on Canadian soldiers and Commonwealth air units based in Artois during the First World War.

April 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Arras & Vimy Ridge

British and Commonwealth forces attacked the German lines at Arras on 9 April 1917, in a renewed attempt to break the deadlock on the Western Front.

April 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Canada marks ‘pivotal’ Battle of Vimy Ridge

Thousands of Canadians gathered at Vimy Ridge for the centenary of a First World War victory seen as a defining moment in their country’s birth as an independent nation.

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Arras/Vimy Ridge Centenary – Dawn tribute to tunnellers

Arras and Vimy Ridge hosted a day of commemorations on 9 April 2017 bringing together the nations who fought in the Allies’ first concerted Western Front offensive of 1917.