France – Page 33 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Hold High The Torch’ – CWGC global remembrance event, November 11

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission invites people to take part in a global remembrance event on Armistice Day, using digital technology to create ‘a wave of light from Sydney to London.’

November 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – France to invite world leaders

Leaders of the countries involved in the First World War will be invited to Paris for the November 2018 Centenary of the Armistice, President Macron announces.

November 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai Centenary – tank tribute at London’s Cenotaph

Soldiers and veterans of Britain’s Royal Tank Regiment paraded before a replica Mark IV tank at the Cenotaph in tribute to their predecessors who fought at the Battle of Cambrai 100 years ago.

November 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai tank veteran ‘Deborah’ keeps vigil in new home

A first glimpse of the Battle of Cambrai veteran Deborah in her final resting place, 100 years after she fought in the first mass tank attack.

January 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

France names 2018 ‘Year Clemenceau’ for close of WW1 Centenary

Themes for France’s final year of Great War Centenary commemorations include a focus on Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, remembered as the ‘Father of Victory’.

January 17, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Mission Centenaire backs more than 1,200 projects for 2018

The number of projects endorsed for the final year of WW1 commemorations by France’s lead Centenary organisation is close to that of 2014, with more still pending.

January 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Argonne project remembering America’s bloodiest WWI battle

A project highlighting key sites in the US Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 has been launched by France’s National Forestry Office.

January 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet John McCrae dies

The Canadian doctor, soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields died in France on 28 January 1918. Author Chris Dickon reflects on John McCrae’s life and legacy.

Author: Chris Dickon

January 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet John McCrae dies

The Canadian doctor, soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields died in France on 28 January 1918. Author Chris Dickon reflects on John McCrae's life and legacy.

February 12, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New Cambrai tank museum opens, March 2018

A museum built to mark the Battle of Cambrai Centenary will open to the public on March 15, with the British tank Deborah as its centrepiece.