Memorials – Page 35 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli war memorials in England given added status

War memorials associated with the Gallipoli campaign have been given additional protected status by conservation body Historic England.

May 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update on remembering the Gretna troop train crash

Princess Anne will attend commemorations in Scotland in May 2015 marking the centenary of the Gretna disaster which killed more than 200 troops leaving for Gallipoli.

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May 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Talbot House appeals for wartime photos of the Poperinge ‘Every Man’s Club’

Talbot House is appealing for wartime photos of the ‘home from home’ created for WW1 British soldiers in Belgium as part of its 2015 Centenary.

May 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM

The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors were added to the Imperial War Museum’s Centenary memorial website today (May 15th 2015) – International Conscientious Objectors Day.

May 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Tribute to mark 30,000th Last Post at the Menin Gate – July 2015

A global tribute is planned to accompany the 30,000th sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, Ypres, on July 9th 2015.

May 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM

The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors have been added to the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' memorial website.

May 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM

The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors have been added to the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' memorial website.

May 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Eight Canadian First World War soldiers reburied on the Somme

Eight Canadian soldiers have been reburied with full military honours in France, almost a century after they were killed in the closing months of the First World War.

May 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update on remembering the Gretna troop train crash

Princess Anne attends commemorations in Scotland on May 22nd/23rd 2015 marking the centenary of the rail disaster which killed more than 200 troops.

June 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

First Zeppelin raid on London remembered

The first air raid on London during the Great War has been remembered with the unveiling of a new plaque on a house bombed by a Zeppelin 100 years ago.