Events – Page 63 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary visit to France honours Edward Foster VC

Evelyn McDermott joined a delegation from Wandsworth honouring a south London soldier awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917, forging post-WW1 ties with Villers Plouich, near Cambrai.

September 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Light in the Darkest Hour’ – September 9 tribute to WW1 labour corps

The Shorncliffe Trust is hosting a special remembrance event in the UK honouring forces from across the globe who carried out essential labouring duties for the Allied armies during the Great War.

September 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Tyne Cot soldiers’ names to be lit in Passchendaele Centenary tribute

Organisers of an evening of music and reflection commemorating the Battle of Passchendaele are seeking participants to help illuminate the event at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.

September 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

SS Mendi bell displayed on Isle of Wight this week

The bell from SS Mendi, the ship sunk in 1917 with the loss of more than 600 black South African troops, is being temporarily displayed on the Isle of Wight from September 25-29.

September 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Somme ceremony honours Indian troops of the Great War

Tributes have been paid in France to 320 Indian First World War troops buried at La Chapelette British & Indian cemetery near Péronne.

October 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

19 First World War soldiers buried at Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium

Nineteen soldiers of the British Army who fell on the battlefields of Flanders have been laid to rest at New Irish Farm CWGC cemetery near Ypres.

October 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Call to sow ‘Ribbon of Poppies’ for 2018

Hundreds of pledges have been received in support of a call to sow swathes of poppies for the final year of the First World War Centenary.

October 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US Mint unveils design for WWI Centennial coin

The US Mint has unveiled the winning design for a Silver Dollar commemorating 4.7 million Americans who served in the First World War.

October 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary conference to explore legacy of Mata Hari

100 years after Mata Hari’s execution for spying, experts reassess her notoriety at an international symposium taking place at City, University of London on October 28.

October 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand commemorates its ‘darkest day’ at Passchendaele

New Zealanders gathered in Belgium this week to pay tribute to their soldiers who fell at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.