Events – Page 23 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sport and the First World War to be marked at London Sports Writing Festival this week

The role of sportsmen in the First World War will be discussed at talks being held as part of the London Sports Writing Festival, starting on October 23rd 2014 at Lord’s Cricket Ground.

End Date: 25 Oct 2014

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: 15 British soldiers being reburied in France today

Fifteen British soldiers are being reburied today (October 22nd 2014) at a Commonwealth cemetery in France, 100 years after their deaths in fighting near the Belgian border.

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War ‘Race To The Sea’ British soldiers to be reburied

Fifteen British soldiers are to be reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in France on October 22nd 2014, a century after they were killed in fighting near the Belgian border.

October 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sport and the First World War to be marked at London Sports Writing Festival this week

The role of sportsmen in the First World War will be discussed at talks being held as part of the London Sports Writing Festival, starting on October 23rd 2014 at Lord's Cricket Ground.

October 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary focus for Imperial War Museum’s 2014 short film awards

Films drawing on the Imperial War Museum’s First World War archives are given prominent billing in IWM’s Short Film Festival, which opened on October 23rd 2014.

End Date: 09 Nov 2014

October 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Cenotaph vigil opens Royal British Legion’s 2014 Poppy Appeal

A sunrise to sunset vigil at the Cenotaph in London launched the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal on October 23rd 2014.

October 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Major Centenary events coming up today: Belgium

The Belgian Federal Government hosts international commemorations in Flanders on October 28th 2014 as part of its First World War Centenary programme.

October 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

German Chancellor pays Centenary tribute in Belgium

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, paid tribute to all victims of the First World War at international commemorations in Belgium on October 28th 2014.

October 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Mark Knopfler in Last Post guitar tribute for First World War

British musician, Mark Knopfler, has performed a guitar version of the Last Post as part of Superact’s First World War centenary music project, The Last Post.

October 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Major Anzac Centenary commemorations in Australia

A weekend of events in the Australian port of Albany from October 30th-November 2nd 2014 marks the departure of the first Australian and New Zealand troop convoy 100 years ago.

End Date: 02 Nov 2014