France – Page 20 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

London lecture to examine lessons of 1918 flu pandemic

The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War will be discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015.

May 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Aubers Ridge – and a UK political crisis

Britain launched a new offensive at Aubers Ridge on May 9th 1915, triggering a political crisis, the formation of a coalition government and a new munitions ministry under David Lloyd George.

May 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Eight Canadian First World War soldiers reburied on the Somme

Eight Canadian soldiers have been reburied with full military honours in France, almost a century after they were killed in the closing months of the First World War.

June 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update: CWGC starts Thiepval restoration

Major works are starting to restore the Thiepval Memorial ahead of next year’s Battle of the Somme centenary commemorations.

June 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Verdun Centenary – France remembers on May 29 2016

France will hold international commemorations marking the centenary of the Battle of Verdun, one of the longest and bloodiest actions of the First World War, on May 29th 2016.

July 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary 2016 – UK announces ballot for Thiepval tickets

On the 99th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, a ballot has been announced for next year’s Centenary commemorations at the Thiepval Memorial in France.

July 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News update on Somme 2016 ticket ballot

The UK Government says 8,000 free tickets will be balloted for next year’s commemorations at Thiepval marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.

July 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme museum explores legacy of pioneering Great War plastic surgery

Surgical techniques pioneered during the First World War to reconstruct faces shattered by injury are explored in a new exhibition at France’s Museum of the Great War in Péronne.

July 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Global tributes mark 30,000th Last Post in Ypres

Worldwide tributes accompanied the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, in Ypres, on July 9th 2015.

July 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary 2016 – ticket limit for Lochnagar Crater service

Entry to the Somme commemoration service at Lochnagar Crater on July 1st 2016 is to be restricted to 5,000 ticket holders for safety reasons.