Events – Page 20 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The Great War as recorded in the arts: an exhibition at London’s Morley Gallery

The Great War, as seen through both the fine and popular arts, is the theme of a Centenary exhibition which runs at the Morley Gallery in London until October 2nd 2014

September 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

London to Ypres trek to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War

The Royal Star & Garter Homes is organising a five day trek from London to Ypres to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

September 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

London ‘Battle Bus’ leaves for Centenary Western Front tour

London Transport Museum’s restored First World War bus has set off on a tour of the former battlefields of Flanders and France.

September 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Tahiti remembers the First World War in the Pacific

A series of events begin in Papeete, capital of French Polynesia, on September 22nd 2014 to remember the First World War in the Pacific.

September 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: London ‘Battle Bus’ at the Last Post in Ypres

London Transport Museum’s 1914 ‘Battle Bus’ took part in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate, Ypres, on September 20th 2014 as part of its Centenary tour.

September 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Screaming Steel’ – Exhibition in UK city of Newcastle captures horrors of the War

An exhibition examining artistic and literary responses to the horrors suffered by First World War soldiers can be seen at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, until December 13th 2014.

End Date: 13 Dec 2014

September 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Screaming Steel’ – Exhibition in UK city of Newcastle captures horrors of the War

An exhibition examining artistic and literary responses to the horrors suffered by First World War soldiers can be seen at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, until December 13th 2014.

September 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Light Front 14’ – Torchlight remembrance of the Western Front in Belgium

Thousands of flaming torches will light up the former Western Front in Belgium on October 17th 2014, commemorating the line as it stood 100 years ago.

End Date: 17 Oct 2014

September 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary of ‘Race to the Sea’ and ‘Mademoiselle from Armentières’ remembered in France

The 100th anniversary of the battles known as the ‘Race to the Sea’ will be remembered with a historical re-enactment in the French town of Armentières in October 2014.

End Date: 12 Oct 2014

October 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Classic film telling the story of 1914 naval battles restored for Centenary

The British Film Institute’s First World War commemorations continue with a special screening of The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, an epic recreation of two key naval battles 100 years ago.