Memorials – Page 34 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli: Veterans’ relations travel to Turkey for Centenary tribute

Fifteen descendants of veterans who took part in the Gallipoli campaign are travelling to Turkey this week to attend the commemorations marking the centenary of the Allied landings in 1915.

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: First lethal gas attack at Ypres

Germany launched its only Western Front offensive of 1915 at Ypres on April 22nd, extensively using deadly chemicals for the first time.

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Sea of Crosses to be erected in cities across New Zealand for Anzac Day

The Fields of Remembrance Trust is helping to create memorials in towns and cities across New Zealand.

April 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: summary of major events today & tomorrow

A Centenary News overview of major national and international events taking place today (April 24th 2015) and tomorrow (Anzac Day) to mark the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary draws record Anzac Day crowds

Tributes have been paid in Turkey and around the world to all those who fought in the Gallipoli campaign 100 years ago.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: Remembrance at Edinburgh Castle, April 25

The service charity, Legion Scotland, hosts commemorations at Edinburgh Castle on April 25th 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.

May 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

America to commemorate sinking of Lusitania in New York and Washington

The World War One Centennial Commission (the main US official body for commemorating the First World War), will be hosting two events to mark the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7th 1915.

May 3, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania Centenary: Irish lifeboat crew re-enacts 1915 rescue call

A veteran lifeboat has been rowed to the wreck site of the Lusitania in tribute to those who went to the aid of the torpedoed liner’s victims on May 7th 1915.

May 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania relatives gather on Irish coast to mark centenary

Thousands of people are expected to take part in Lusitania centenary events on Ireland’s Cork coast today (May 7th 2015), many of them descendants of the torpedoed liner’s passengers and crew.

May 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania Centenary: Ireland’s day of tribute on the Cork coast

Centenary News reports from Cobh, where thousands of visitors packed the streets on May 7th 2015 for a day of tributes to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.