France – Page 24 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Rearranging History’ – US exhibition pieces together story of giant WW1 painting

Missing fragments from a Great War masterpiece are back on view for the first time in decades at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, as CN contributor Patrick Gregory discovers.

December 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Rearranging History’ – US exhibition pieces together story of giant WW1 painting

Author: Patrick Gregory

December 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary year of 2015 – recalled in pictures from Centenary News

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1915.

January 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2016

Centenary News looks ahead to the some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2016.

January 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary: February ticket deadline for July 1 Lochnagar ceremony

Ticket applications for admission to the Somme Centenary commemorations at Lochnagar Crater in France will close on February 15th 2016, organisers announce.

January 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Tourism and the First World War 1914-2014’ – Call for papers

Researchers in France are seeking articles for a book about the history of tourism during and after the First World War in Europe.

January 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: The Gallipoli campaign ends

The last Allied positions were evacuated at Cape Helles on January 9th 1916, ending the controversial Gallipoli campaign.

January 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

News of My Boy Jack? – Solving the mystery of John Kipling

A century of mystery about the fate of author Rudyard Kipling’s son, Jack, during the Battle of Loos in 1915 may have been solved, according to new research published by the Western Front Association.

February 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Western Front centenary focus for New Zealand in 2016

New Zealanders who fought at the Battle of the Somme will be remembered during the country’s 2016 programme of international First World War commemorations focussing on France and Belgium.

February 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

France prepares for Verdun Centenary – February 2016

France embarks on a year of commemorations in February 2016, marking the Centenary of the Battle of Verdun.