Events – Page 48 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to America’s WWI pilots in France – April 20

As the US and France prepare for a rededication ceremony to mark the centennial of a group of American pilots entering the First World War, Patrick Gregory looks back at the impact of the volunteer airmen.

Author: Patrick Gregory

April 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to America’s WWI pilots in France – April 20

April 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Changing the Landscape’ – artist’s personal quest for great uncle killed on the Somme

Centenary News visits artist Sarah Kogan’s exhibition telling the story of her great uncle who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

April 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jellicoe family items for display at UK navy museum’s Jutland exhibition

Uniform and medals belonging to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, British commander at the Battle of Jutland, will go on display as part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s forthcoming centenary exhibition.

April 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

IWM focus on historic Somme film for 2016 Centenary

The pioneering documentary,The Battle of the Somme, is at the centre of Imperial War Museums’ events marking the centenary of the 1916 offensive.

April 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Six British WW1 soldiers reburied in Ypres

Six British soldiers have been reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in Ypres, more than 100 years after they fell in Flanders during the First World War.

April 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremonies mark Centenary Anzac Day

The Centenary Anzac Day was marked on April 25th 2016 with traditional dawn services and remembrance ceremonies in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Ireland, Belgium and at Gallipoli itself.

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: Jutland debate postponed at UK Navy Museum

A Battle of Jutland debate – scheduled for May 9th 2016 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth – has been postponed.

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Latest events round-up

A reminder from Centenary News of some of the many Battle of Jutland Centenary commemorations taking place on May 31st 2016.

May 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme motorway break for battlefield photo exhibition

A Somme motorway service area is the latest destination for photographer Michael St Maur Sheil’s centenary touring exhibition, Fields of Battle – Lands of Peace 14-18.