Princess Anne from the UK visits Brussels on October 11/12th for centenary commemorations honouring the executed First World War nurse, Edith Cavell.
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Day of tributes on centenary of Edith Cavell’s execution
Centenary News reports from today’s commemoration in London – among several events held in the UK and Belgium to remember the execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in occupied Brussels on October 12th 1915.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: British nurse Edith Cavell executed in occupied Belgium
12th October 1915: Edith Cavell, a British nurse working in occupied Belgium, was executed by the Germans for helping Allied soldiers escape to the neutral Netherlands.
Continue readingBattle of Jutland Centenary 2016 – UK Government announces plans
British and German ships are to lay wreaths in the North Sea and Orkney will host commemorations as part of the UK’s plans, announced today, to mark the Battle of Jutland Centenary on May 31st 2016.
Continue readingSurvey reveals WW1 Irish Sea shipwrecks
Scientists have captured the ‘most detailed images ever’ of First World War shipwrecks in the Irish Sea, says Ulster University’s Dr Ruth Plets who has led a survey marking the Centenary.
Continue readingNiue Pacific islanders who served New Zealand in WW1 remembered
The war effort of the small Pacific island of Niue is being remembered, a century after 150 men sailed to join New Zealand’s forces in 1915.
Continue readingPresident of Mali honours the fallen at Verdun
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has visited Douaumont to remember soldiers from Mali who were killed fighting for France at the Battle of Verdun in 1916.
Continue readingSomme Centenary – Ticket bids invited for 2016 Lochnagar Crater service
Tickets can now be requested for admission to the Lochnagar Crater centenary ceremony on July 1st 2016, organisers have announced.
Continue readingUK Remembrance Sunday: Big Ben lit with poppies & 1915 battles
Poppies have again been screened onto the UK Parliament’s BIg Ben clock tower for Remembrance Sunday, focussing this year on the battles of 1915.
Continue readingArmistice Day ceremonies November 2015
The 97th anniversary of the Armistice ending the Great War will be marked with commemorations across the world on Wednesday November 11th 2015.
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