Events – Page 61 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 23, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC opens ‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ Centenary exhibition

An exhibition marking the Centenary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has opened at Brookwood Military Cemetery, CWGC’s largest site in the UK.

June 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

NZ ‘Victory Medal’ sculpture to mark Flanders battle centenaries

A commemorative work by sculptor Helen Pollock has moved to Messines for the next stage of New Zealand’s First World War Centenary remembrance in Europe.

June 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Messines Centenary – New Zealand remembers

New Zealanders gathered for ceremonies in Belgium on June 7 honouring the service and sacrifice of their soldiers who fought at the Battle of Messines.

June 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

UK & Ireland join in Messines Centenary tribute

Prince William and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny took part in commemorations marking the centenary of the Battle of Messines on 7 June 2017.

June 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering 18 London children killed in 1917 air raid

Queen Elizabeth and Germany's Ambassador to the UK attended commemorations in London on 15 June 2017 marking the centenary of a First World War air raid which left 18 schoolchildren dead.

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June 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering 18 London children killed in 1917 air raid

Queen Elizabeth and Germany's Ambassador to the UK attended commemorations in London on 15 June 2017 marking the centenary of a First World War air raid which left 18 schoolchildren dead.

June 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New memorial honours African & Caribbean troops of both World Wars

A monument unveiled in London last week finally honoured the many thousands of servicemen and women from African and Caribbean countries who fought for Britain in the First and Second World Wars.

July 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cork conference recalls US Navy in Ireland during WW1

International scholars gather at University College Cork this week for a public conference marking the centenary of the US Navy’s First World War deployment to Ireland.

July 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: HMS Vanguard blast kills more than 840

Commemorations have been held in Orkney to remember those lost when the British battleship, HMS Vanguard, blew up and sank on 9 July 1917.

July 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New ‘War Horse’ reading for 2017 Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

Author Michael Morpurgo will read a new short story in Ypres on Sunday 30 July at the start of commemorations for the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.