Memorials – Page 41 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Edith Cavell Centenary – royal guests for Brussels tributes

Princess Anne from the UK visits Brussels on October 11/12th for centenary commemorations honouring the executed First World War nurse, Edith Cavell.

October 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

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.

October 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary 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.

October 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle 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.

October 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Survey 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.

October 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Niue 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.

October 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

President 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.