Memorials – Page 32 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Turkey starts programme of events to mark Centenary of Gallipoli campaign

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leads commemoration of Gallipoli campaign.

March 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary lookahead – Ypres gas attack remembrance, April 2015

Commemorations marking the first large-scale chemical weapons attack in the Great War will take place in Belgium on April 22nd 2015, the 100th anniversary of the 2nd Battle of Ypres.

March 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Walk of Peace’- border trail between Italy and Slovenia commemorates the Isonzo Front

Italy and Slovenia launched a cross-border trail, the Walk of Peace, on March 21st 2015 to remember the battles on the Isonzo Front during the First World War.

March 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update: more photos of Neuve Chapelle ceremonies

Centenary News has more pictures of ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and India’s sacrifice in the First World War.

March 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli troops of the ‘Immortal 29th Division’ remembered 100 years after parade for the King

A ceremony has been held in Warwickshire to mark the centenary of British troops parading past King George V before they left for Gallipoli. Lyn Edmonds, of the Gallipoli Association, tells their story.

Author: Lyn Edmonds

March 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli troops of the ‘Immortal 29th Division’ remembered 100 years after parade for the King

March 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Book launch: remembering the Chinese labourers on the Western Front

A Chinese language version of a book on the Chinese labourers of the First World War has been released.

March 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Edinburgh petition for centenary memorial to conscientious objectors

Campaigners are calling for the creation of a memorial to conscientious objectors in Edinburgh in 2016, the centenary of Britain introducing conscription during the First World War.

March 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli troops remembered 100 years after parade for the King

A ceremony has been held in Warwickshire to mark the centenary of thousands of British troops parading past King George V shortly before they left for Gallipoli.

April 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New Orkney memorial to honour Lord Kitchener and men lost on HMS Hampshire

The Orkney Heritage Society is leading a fundraising project to restore and add to a memorial on the Island of Birsay commemorating those lost on HMS Hampshire in June 1916.