Government Plans – Page 29 – First World War Centenary News Archive

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 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2018

A Centenary News summary of major anniversaries that shaped 1918, the final year of the First World War – and news of some of the 2018 event programmes announced so far.

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 31, 2018 CN Editorial Team

UK Government backs new memorial to Sikh troops

Plans for a national memorial in London to honour Sikhs who fought for Britain in both world wars have won government support.

February 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

France invites New Zealanders to create Le Quesnoy peace garden

New Zealand landscapers are invited to submit plans for a memorial peace garden in Le Quesnoy, the French town liberated by New Zealand troops in the last week of the First World War.

March 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Doullens & London to mark Marshal Foch command centenary

Events are coming up in France and Britain on March 25/26 to commemorate the centenary of Ferdinand Foch becoming Allied commander-in-chief in 1918.

March 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Amiens Centenary – Ballot opens for August commemorations

A ticket ballot opens today (March 9) for commemorations in France marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens, the UK Government announces.

March 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary salutes to the leadership of Marshal Foch

Ceremonies have been held in both the UK and France to mark the centenary of Ferdinand Foch’s appointment as Allied Supreme Commander on 26 March 1918, at a critical moment in the Great War.

April 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

War Memorials ‘listed’ for RAF Centenary

Fourteen war memorials have been newly listed or upgraded for conservation by the UK Government to mark the 100th birthday of the Royal Air Force.

April 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Battle for the North Sea’ exhibition in Flanders unites 11 Victoria Crosses

Centenary News tours a new exhibition in Bruges, bringing together all the Zeebrugge Raid Victoria Crosses – and highlighting both sides of the WW1 struggle between Flanders -based German submarines and Britain’s Royal Navy.