Canada – Page 16 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Royal tribute for Battle of Amiens Centenary

At this week’s centenary commemorations, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to Allied cooperation delivering the success of the Battle of Amiens in August 1918.

August 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Amiens, and what it meant for ending WW1

Dr Glyn Prysor, Chief Historian at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – talking to Centenary News – summarises the significance of the Battle of Amiens.

September 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

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.

September 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC tribute to lives lost in the final ‘Hundred Days’ of WW1

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is sharing 120 personal stories of men and women who died in the last three months of the First World War, from the Battle of Amiens to the Armistice.

September 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – ‘Tout Le Monde à La Bataille’, Allies strike across Western Front

In the dying days of September 1918, an Allied onslaught in Northern France and Flanders, coupled with defeats for the Central Powers on other fronts, forced German overtures for an armistice.

October 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

October 18, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice 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.

October 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – Light to shine on Artois ‘Great Vigil’ for the fallen

Candle-lit vigils will be held at 270 cemeteries and memorials across Artois at nightfall on 10 November 2018 to commemorate all those who didn’t live to see the Armistice ending the Great War.

October 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The 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.

November 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice 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.