Memorials – Page 44 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Britain’s Verdun Centenary tribute to French war memorials

Three memorials in the UK dedicated to the bravery and sacrifice of French First World War soldiers have been given added conservation status to mark the centenary of the Battle of Verdun.

February 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Latest Manx WW1 stamps mark Somme & Jutland Centenaries

Stamps remembering the Battles of the Somme and Jutland have been released by the Isle of Man Post Office in its latest issues marking the First World War Centenary.

March 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Memorials for a King & Country: Plans for tribute in UK to Portugal’s fallen

This article has been written for Centenary News by Bernard Hornung, the Chairman of the Anglo-Portuguese Society – about Portugal’s role in the First World War, and plans for a memorial in the UK.

Author: Bernard Hornung

March 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Memorials for a King & Country: Plans for tribute in UK to Portugal’s fallen

This article has been written for Centenary News by Bernard Hornung, the Chairman of the Anglo-Portuguese Society – about Portugal's role in the First World War, and plans for a memorial in the UK.

March 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Song released for memorial to African & Caribbean veterans of both world wars

A fund-raising single has been released by the Nubian Jak Community Trust in the UK in aid of a new memorial honouring African and Caribbean troops who fought for Britain in the First and Second World Wars.

March 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremony in Dublin to remember 1916 Easter Rising

Ireland’s President will lead Easter Sunday commemorations in Dublin marking the centenary of the rebellion against British rule during the First World War.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British & French leaders pay tribute on the Somme

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France remembered the fallen of the Somme during a visit to a Commonwealth cemetery on March 3rd 2016, ahead of this year’s centenary commemorations.

March 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – Update on UK national commemorations in Manchester

Tickets have been released for a free concert to be held in Manchester on July 1st as part of the UKs national day of commemorations in the city marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.

March 12, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Orkney HMS Hampshire exhibition seeks 1916 stories & mementoes

Organisers of a centenary exhibition in Orkney are appealing for photos, letters and other memorabilia relating to the loss of the British warship, HMS Hampshire, in June 1916.

March 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to WW1 volunteer nurse Edith Munro

Tribute has been paid to a First World War nurse, with a special ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in London on March 8th 2016 – International Women’s Day.