Memorials – Page 30 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Thiepval Memorial to be restored for 2016 Somme Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced a major project to restore the Thiepval Memorial in France in readiness for the Battle of the Somme Centenary in 2016.

January 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Remembering the UK’s first air raid casualties – Norfolk January 19

The 100th anniversary of the first Zeppelin air raids on the UK will be remembered at events in Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn on January 19th 2015.

January 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Scotland to mark Centenary of First World War troop train disaster in 2015

The worst rail crash in UK history will be remembered as part of Scotland’s First World War Centenary commemorations in 2015.

January 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Fiji holds commemoration for World War I Contingent

President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau led a commemoration ceremony on December 31st 2014 in honour of the Fijians who served in World War I.

January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update: UK’s first air raid victims honoured in Great Yarmouth

The victims of the first air raid on Britain, carried out by German Zeppelins during the First World War, were remembered in the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth on January 19th 2015.

January 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Wilfred Owen’s home given special status on National Heritage List

The last permanent home of the celebrated First World War poet, Lieutenant Wilfred Owen MC, has been listed as a Grade II protected building by British Heritage Minister Ed Vaizey.

January 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Cobh, Ireland, to commemorate the sinking of RMS Lusitania

The passenger liner Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915, will be commemorated with a series of events in the Irish port of Cobh, starting on February 1st 2015.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Launch of new website for information on all UK war memorials

Britain’s First World War Minister, Helen Grant, has announced a four-year programme to create ukwarmemorials.org, a ‘one stop shop’ for information on all UK war memorials.

February 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Appeal finds family of Royal Navy’s first Great War Victoria Cross winner

A public appeal in the UK has successfully traced descendants of the first member of the Royal Navy to receive the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

February 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Blog chronicling 100 New Zealand World War One memorials

Helen Vail has visited 100 of New Zealand’s WWI memorials and collected information and stories of the men and women who gave their lives. She shares these accounts on her blog.