Memorials – Page 42 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary: Closing day for Thiepval ticket ballot

The ballot closes today (November 18th) for tickets to attend next year’s Battle of the Somme Centenary commemorations at the Thiepval Memorial in France.

November 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

More sailors to be remembered on HMS Hampshire memorial in Orkney

Volunteers creating a memorial to the crew of a British warship sunk off Orkney in June 1916 will also include the names of nine more men, lost on a mine-sweeping vessel days later.

November 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Overnight vigils to mark 2016 Somme Centenary in UK

Public vigils will be held overnight in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on June 30th 2016 to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.

November 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Navy museum’s £25,000 appeal to restore sketch of teenage Victoria Cross sailor

Britain’s Royal Navy Museum has started a crowdfunding campaign to raise £25,000 for restoring a sketch of Jack Cornwell, the 16-year-old sailor posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross after the Battle of Jutland.

November 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

VC soldier’s ‘shovel’ rescue of Gallipoli comrade remembered

The heroism of a British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded comrade under fire at Gallipoli is remembered on a new memorial in his home town of Reading.

November 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News focus on new Lens 14-18 museum in France

Centenary News profiles Lens’ 14-18 – Centre d’Histoire Guerre et Paix, a museum opened in 2015 to remember all those who fought in Northern France during the Great War.

November 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Tower of London Poppies – 2016 UK display venues announced

The Tower of London poppy installations, Wave and Weeping Window, will next be displayed in Lincoln, Perth and Caernarfon, UK WW1 Centenary art commissioning body 14-18 NOW has announced.

December 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

French memorial planned for New Zealand capital Wellington

The ties forged between France and New Zealand during the First World War are to be commemorated with a monument in Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.

December 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Descendants invited to UK commemorations

Relatives of First World War sailors are invited to attend Britain’s commemorations in Orkney marking the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in 2016.

December 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

HMS Hampshire memorial project: full list of 746 names published

The names have been released of all the men who’ll be remembered on a new memorial to the loss of the British warship, HMS Hampshire, off Orkney in June 1916.