Memorials – Page 25 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: 15 British soldiers being reburied in France today

Fifteen British soldiers are being reburied today (October 22nd 2014) at a Commonwealth cemetery in France, 100 years after their deaths in fighting near the Belgian border.

October 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Pioneering footballer and WW1 soldier Walter Tull honoured with plaque in London

Walter Tull, the footballer who became the first black officer in the British Army during the First World War, has been honoured with a commemorative blue plaque in London.

October 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Cenotaph vigil opens Royal British Legion’s 2014 Poppy Appeal

A sunrise to sunset vigil at the Cenotaph in London launched the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal on October 23rd 2014.

October 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Major Centenary events coming up today: Belgium

The Belgian Federal Government hosts international commemorations in Flanders on October 28th 2014 as part of its First World War Centenary programme.

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles

Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.

October 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

German Chancellor pays Centenary tribute in Belgium

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, paid tribute to all victims of the First World War at international commemorations in Belgium on October 28th 2014.

October 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The Last Post provides mass participation project within communities

The Last Post is a mass participation project involving communities across the UK, using music to remember the First World War.

October 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Mark Knopfler in Last Post guitar tribute for First World War

British musician, Mark Knopfler, has performed a guitar version of the Last Post as part of Superact’s First World War centenary music project, The Last Post.

November 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Coronel between British and German navies in the Pacific

Britain’s Royal Navy suffered its worst defeat in a century at the Battle of Coronel on November 1st 1914.