Memorials – Page 23 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: remembering the Battle of the Aisne

Paul Kendall reports for Centenary News on events in France marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Aisne, where trench warfare started in September 1914.

September 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

London ‘Battle Bus’ leaves for Centenary Western Front tour

London Transport Museum’s restored First World War bus has set off on a tour of the former battlefields of Flanders and France.

September 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: London ‘Battle Bus’ at the Last Post in Ypres

London Transport Museum’s 1914 ‘Battle Bus’ took part in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate, Ypres, on September 20th 2014 as part of its Centenary tour.

September 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

War Graves Commission founder Fabian Ware remembered with Blue Plaque

Sir Fabian Ware, founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission, has been honoured today (September 25th 2014) with the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque at his former London home.

September 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Light Front 14’ – Torchlight remembrance of the Western Front in Belgium

Thousands of flaming torches will light up the former Western Front in Belgium on October 17th 2014, commemorating the line as it stood 100 years ago.

End Date: 17 Oct 2014

October 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Antwerp builds Centenary pontoon bridge to mark 1914 siege

The 100th anniversary of the siege of Antwerp is being marked with the opening of a peace bridge across the River Scheldt on October 3rd 2014.

October 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Human chain to remember France’s ‘forgotten front’

A human chain will line up across former battlefields in Northern France on October 18th 2014 to highlight a ‘forgotten front’ of the First World War.

End Date: 18 Oct 2014

October 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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