Events – Page 67 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary salutes to the leadership of Marshal Foch

Ceremonies have been held in both the UK and France to mark the centenary of Ferdinand Foch’s appointment as Allied Supreme Commander on 26 March 1918, at a critical moment in the Great War.

March 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Side by Side’ – America’s WWI war effort remembered in Britain

Patrick Gregory reports on the opening of a new exhibition at the American Museum in Britain commemorating US involvement in the First World War.

April 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Royal Air Force founded

The world’s first independent air force was created on 1 April 1918, with the merger of Britain’s Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service into the RAF.

April 5, 2018 CN Editorial Team

15,000 visitors at RAF Museum for Royal Air Force Centenary

The RAF Museum in London says its Easter weekend of events marking the 100th birthday of the Royal Air Force drew more than 15,000 visitors.

April 6, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Zeebrugge Centenary – Dover events

In the UK, the 100th anniversary of the Zeebrugge Raid will be marked with special events in Dover on April 23.

April 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

French & Portuguese leaders mark Battle of the Lys Centenary

President Macron and his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, led tributes at Richebourg today (9 April 2018) to Portuguese soldiers who fell on the Western Front.

April 21, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – The Royal Navy raids on Zeebrugge & Ostend

As cross-channel commemorations get under way, Centenary News reports from the Flanders coast on Britain’s daring attempt to cut off German submarine bases at a critical moment in the First World War.

April 21, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Zeebrugge Raid Centenary – ‘Battle for the North Sea’ exhibition in Bruges

The crucial struggle waged between the British navy and the Flanders-based German submarine fleet during the First World War is explored in a new exhibition, opening in Bruges on April 21.

End Date: 31 Aug 2018

April 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Zeebrugge honours fallen of 1918 naval raids

Centenary News watched Zeebrugge’s commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the British naval attacks targeting German First World War U-boat operations in Flanders.

April 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Zeebrugge Raid Centenary events in Dover

The 100th anniversary of the Zeebrugge Raid is being marked in the UK with special events in Dover on April 23.

End Date: 23 Apr 2018