Memorials – Page 2 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War memorial in Tiruchirappalli, India, to be restored

The Hindu reports that five shops blocking access to the war memorial in Gandhi Market, Tiruchirappalli, India, have been closed and the memorial is set to be restored.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Legal settlement to pay for Mametz Wood Memorial upkeep, France

This is South Wales reports that the sculptor of the Mametz Wood Memorial has won a legal case for breach of copyright and that the legal settlement will pay to maintain the memorial.

March 2, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News reports on research being carried out into soldiers whose names appear on the English town of Carshalton’s war memorial

Researcher Andrew Arnold is conducting a detailed study of those whose names appear on the war memorial in Carshalton.

March 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War memorial to be unveiled in Moscow, Russia

The Voice of Russia reports that a new memorial is to be unveiled in Moscow, Russia, in honour of those who lost their lives in the First World War.

March 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Search for location of Gallipoli war cemeteries underway

World Bulletin reports that efforts are underway to locate 18 soldier cemeteries in Turkey used by Entente forces during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16.

April 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Black Watch statue to be unveiled in Belgium for Centenary

The BBC reports that a statue dedicated to the 8,000 Black Watch officers and soldiers who died in the First World War will be unveiled in Belgium in 2014.

April 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

China’s ambassador to France honours First World War Chinese workers

China’s ambassador to France, Mr. Kong Quan, honours Chinese workers who died during the First World War in a service held at a French cemetery.

April 9, 2013 CN Editorial Team

City of Sydney requests designs for Indigenous war memorial for Anzac Day 2015

The City of Sydney has called for designs for a new monument dedicated to Aboriginal and Strait Islander service men and women, to be unveiled on Anzac Day 2015.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australian War Memorial begins redevelopment of First World War galleries for Centenary

The Australian War Memorial has started a $32 million modernisation of its First World War galleries as part of its efforts to mark the Centenary.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British First World War soldiers to be re-interred at cemetery in France

The British Army has announced that two British First World War soldiers, alongside the remains of two unidentified soldiers, are to be re-interred at the Honourable Artillery Company Cemetery in France.