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October 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Niue Pacific islanders who served New Zealand in WW1 remembered

The war effort of the small Pacific island of Niue is being remembered, a century after 150 men sailed to join New Zealand’s forces in 1915.

October 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

President of Mali honours the fallen at Verdun

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has visited Douaumont to remember soldiers from Mali who were killed fighting for France at the Battle of Verdun in 1916.

October 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

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.

October 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

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.

November 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

UK Remembrance Sunday: Big Ben lit with poppies & 1915 battles

Poppies have again been screened onto the UK Parliament’s BIg Ben clock tower for Remembrance Sunday, focussing this year on the battles of 1915.

December 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

French 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.

December 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Descendants invited to UK commemorations

Relatives of First World War sailors are invited to attend Britain’s commemorations in Orkney marking the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in 2016.

December 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Finalists’ designs for new US World War I Memorial showcased in Washington

America’s Centennial Commission is exhibiting the finalists’ entries in the design competition for the planned National World War I Memorial in Washington.

January 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Former US envoys to advise WWI Centennial Commission

The US World War One Centennial Commission has formed a Diplomatic Advisory Board to help with its mission of commemorating Americans who served in the First World War.

January 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Winning US World War I Memorial design unveiled in Washington

America’s Centennial Commission has announced the winning design for Washington’s national memorial to US soldiers who fought in the First World War.