Memorials – Page 39 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli veteran HMS M.33 opens on centenary of August offensive

Britain’s only surviving warship from the Gallipoli campaign has opened to the public after a £2.5 million restoration project at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.

August 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: Australia remembers the Battle of Lone Pine

Australia held commemorations on August 6th 2015 marking the centenary of the battle for Lone Pine, one of its best known actions of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.

August 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: New Zealand pays tribute at Chunuk Bair

New Zealand marked the centenary of its most significant action of the Gallipoli campaign with commemorations at Chunuk Bair on August 8th 2015.

August 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania Centenary to be marked at UK Merchant Navy Day service

The sinking of the Lusitania during the First World War will be remembered at the annual Merchant Navy Day service in London on September 6th 2015.

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August 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Finalists named for US World War I memorial design contest

The US World War One Centennial Commission has announced the five finalists for the competition to design a national memorial to America’s First World War troops.

September 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Loos Centenary – Scotland remembers in Dundee September 2015

Dundee will be the focus for a weekend of Scottish national commemorations from September 25-27th marking the centenary of the Battle of Loos.

September 3, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Loos Centenary – update on September events in France

More details have been announced of commemorations in Northern France marking the centenary of the Battle of Loos in September/October 2015.

September 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania Centenary to be marked at UK Merchant Navy Day service

The sinking of the Lusitania during the First World War will be remembered at the annual Merchant Navy Day service in London on September 6th 2015.

September 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Lusitania tribute at UK Merchant Navy Day Service

The sinking of the transatlantic liner Lusitania 100 years ago was remembered at the UK’s Merchant Navy Day commemorative service in London on September 6th 2015.

September 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Edith Cavell Centenary – events coming up in Belgium and UK

Centenary News takes a first look at commemorations coming up in October 2015 to mark the centenary of the execution of the British nurse, Edith Cavell, in occupied Belgium during WW1.