Tickets can now be requested for admission to the Lochnagar Crater centenary ceremony on July 1st 2016, organisers have announced.
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New Zealand’s latest WW1 trail guide follows the Western Front
New Zealand has released its latest interactive guide to First World War battlefields of significance for New Zealanders, this time exploring the Western Front.
Continue readingArmistice Day ceremonies November 2015
The 97th anniversary of the Armistice ending the Great War will be marked with commemorations across the world on Wednesday November 11th 2015.
Continue readingCommemorations worldwide mark Armistice Day
Armistice Day has been observed with moments of silence and the laying of wreaths in countries around the world.
Continue readingFrench Western Front app explores Bethune & the Artois battles
A new app explores First World War sites at the centre of events in the Béthune area of Northern France a century ago.
Continue readingSomme Centenary: Closing day for Thiepval ticket ballot
The ballot closes today (November 18th) for tickets to attend next year’s Battle of the Somme Centenary commemorations at the Thiepval Memorial in France.
Continue readingFrench Western Front app explores Bethune & the Artois battles
A new app explores First World War sites at the centre of events in the Béthune area of Northern France 100 years ago.
Continue readingCentenary News focus on new Lens 14-18 museum in France
Centenary News profiles Lens’ 14-18 – Centre d’Histoire Guerre et Paix, a museum opened in 2015 to remember all those who fought in Northern France during the Great War.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: British ministers order Gallipoli pull-out
The British Government ordered the withdrawal of Allied troops from Anzac Cove and Suvla on December 7th 1915, signalling the end of the Gallipoli campaign.
Continue readingFrench memorial planned for New Zealand capital Wellington
The ties forged between France and New Zealand during the First World War are to be commemorated with a monument in Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.
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