Memorials – Page 43 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Finalists’ designs for new US World War I Memorial showcased in Washington

America’s Centennial Commission is exhibiting the finalists’ entries in the design competition for the planned National World War I Memorial in Washington.

December 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary year of 2015 – recalled in pictures from Centenary News

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1915.

January 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary: February ticket deadline for July 1 Lochnagar ceremony

Ticket applications for admission to the Somme Centenary commemorations at Lochnagar Crater in France will close on February 15th 2016, organisers announce.

January 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand honours its Great War tunnellers with new memorial

The soldiers of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company are being remembered with the dedication of a new memorial in the former mining town of Waihi.

January 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Winning US World War I Memorial design unveiled in Washington

America’s Centennial Commission has announced the winning design for Washington’s national memorial to US soldiers who fought in the First World War.

February 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Bids sought to host Tower of London poppies in 2017

The UK WW1 Centenary arts programme, 14-18 NOW, is inviting expressions of interest from locations wanting to host the Tower of London poppy sculptures in 2017.

February 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Western Front centenary focus for New Zealand in 2016

New Zealanders who fought at the Battle of the Somme will be remembered during the country’s 2016 programme of international First World War commemorations focussing on France and Belgium.

February 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British-German appeal to support Jutland Centenary memorial project

Relatives of the British and German commanders at the Battle of Jutland have made a joint appeal for donations to support the construction of a ‘lasting memorial’ on Denmark’s North Sea coast.

February 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British royal family to attend Somme Centenary events in UK, France & Canada

Buckingham Palace gives first details of the Somme Centenary commemorations to be attended by Queen Elizabeth and senior members of the British royal family in summer 2016.

February 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Museum honouring Verdun’s fallen reopens after €12.5m centenary renovation

Verdun’s Memorial Museum is reopening after major redevelopment, part of events today remembering the devastating offensive launched by German troops in eastern France on February 21st 1916.