Memorials – Page 26 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK honours Indian soldiers who fought for Britain in First World War

British ministers have led tributes to Indian soldiers who fought in the First World War at ceremonies in Delhi and London.

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary update: First Anzac convoy remembered in Albany, Australia

Tens of thousands of people joined First World War commemorations in Albany, Western Australia, from October 30th-November 2nd 2014, marking the departure of the first Australian and New Zealand troop convoy in 1914.

November 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Flanders Fields Memorial Garden opens in presence of Queen Elizabeth and King Philippe

The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden was dedicated in London on November 6th 2014, at a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth, and King Philippe of the Belgians.

November 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Thousand Voices for peace’ – international choirs unite for Centenary concert in Brussels

More than 1,000 singers from countries involved in the First World War come together to perform a concert for peace in Brussels on November 9th 2014.

November 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Tower of London poppies – some will stay throughout November 2014

Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, announces today that some of the ceramic poppies at the Tower of London will stay on view until the end of November 2014, before starting a First World War Centenary tour.

November 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Poppies light up Big Ben on first Centenary Remembrance Sunday

Images of falling poppies were projected onto the Big Ben clocktower at the Houses of Parliament in London to mark Remembrance Sunday in the UK on November 9th 2014.

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Prime Minister joins WFA in Armistice Day remembrance at the Cenotaph, London

British Prime Minister David Cameron took part in the Western Front Association’s annual remembrance service at the Cenotaph on November 11th 2014, the first Armistice Day of the Great War Centenary.

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Day: International First World War memorial opens in France

The 96th anniversary of the Armistice today is being marked in France with the inauguration of a new memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette, near Vimy.

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Somaliland marks First World War Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission reports that in East Africa, the Centenary of the First World War was remembered at Hargeisa War Cemetery, Somaliland.

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Planting of last Tower of London poppy draws thousands on Armistice Day

Huge crowds flocked to the Tower of London for the planting of the final ceramic poppy on November 11th 2014, the 96th anniversary of the Armistice ending the First World War.