Events – Page 72 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 18, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary events round-up, October/November 2018

A Centenary News look at some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago.

October 22, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Mud, Seeds of Hope’ at Ripon Cathedral

Artist Dan Metcalfe combines soil from Yorkshire and Passchendaele in a sculpture at Ripon Cathedral commemorating the sacrifices of those who returned from WW1, as well as those who did not.

October 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Poppy of Honour memorial to Great War fallen

Centenary News visits the ‘Poppy of Honour’ at Wincanton, in southwest England, a new memorial bearing the names of 1,115,471 British and Commonwealth dead or missing of the First World War.

October 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – Light to shine on Artois ‘Great Vigil’ for the fallen

Candle-lit vigils will be held at 270 cemeteries and memorials across Artois at nightfall on 10 November 2018 to commemorate all those who didn’t live to see the Armistice ending the Great War.

October 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Full list of beaches named for WW1 ‘Pages of the Sea’ commemoration

More than 30 beaches across the UK and Republic of Ireland will be hosting Danny Boyle’s 14-18 NOW Armistice Centenary event, remembering those who left to serve in the First World War.

October 29, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – German President invited to UK Cenotaph Service

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will become the first German leader to lay a wreath at Britain’s annual Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, the UK Government confirms.

November 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary events update – November 2018

An update on some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago this month.

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand commemorates 1918 liberation of Le Quesnoy

New Zealanders gathered in the French town of Le Quesnoy on 4 November 2018 for events commemorating the 100th anniversary of their last major action of the First World War.

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to Wilfred Owen on the Sambre-Oise Canal

Centenary News joined a commemorative procession in Northern France on November 4, honouring the poet and soldier Wilfred Owen, 100 years to the day after he was killed in action in one of the last battles of the First World War.

November 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in London – Artist’s Armistice Centenary tribute

Patrick Gregory tells the story of the WW1 Shrouds of the Somme installation at London’s Olympic Park.

Author: Patrick Gregory