France – Page 16 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: 15 British soldiers being reburied in France today

Fifteen British soldiers are being reburied today (October 22nd 2014) at a Commonwealth cemetery in France, 100 years after their deaths in fighting near the Belgian border.

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Trail of Poppies Expedition

From April 2015 Phil Brotherton will spend roughly three months travelling across 12 countries to raise money for the Royal British Legion and the German Volksbund.

November 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Vu du Front’ – Major Centenary exhibition at the Army Museum, Paris

A major exhibition in Paris, looking at the portrayal of the First World War by those who went to the Front, runs at the Army Museum in Les Invalides until January 25th 2014.

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Day: International First World War memorial opens in France

The 96th anniversary of the Armistice today is being marked in France with the inauguration of a new memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette, near Vimy.

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Day: France inaugurates international memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette

A First World War memorial to all soldiers killed on the battlefields of northern France will be inaugurated at Notre Dame de Lorette on Armistice Day 2014.

End Date: 11 Nov 2014

November 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Tag: France

Centenary update: 15 British soldiers being reburied in France today

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Trail of Poppies Expedition

‘Vu du Front’ – Major Centenary exhibition at the Army Museum, Paris

Armistice Day: International First World War memorial opens in France

Armistice Day: France inaugurates international memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette

Centenary update: France opens international memorial to the Great War fallen on Armistice Day

New Mobile Apps to commemorate Centenary

‘Above the Battlefield’ – new videos explore Western Front from the air