Memorials – Page 45 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 20, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Update – May 31 Centenary service at Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Britain’s Royal Navy will hold a parade and remembrance service in Southsea on May 31st 2016 as part of UK commemorations marking the Battle of Jutland Centenary.

March 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC update on visiting Thiepval, June-July 2016

Access to the Thiepval Memorial will be restricted over the immediate Somme Centenary period, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission announces.

March 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Easter ceremonies in Ireland remember 1916 uprising against British rule

Big crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Easter Sunday (March 27th 2016) for commemorations marking the centenary of the Easter Rising during WW1.

April 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – New CWGC guides to remembering thousands lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is encouraging people to remember the Battle of Jutland, with the launch of new commemorative resources for the May 2016 Centenary.

April 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK call for nationwide vigils to mark Somme Centenary

Cities, towns and villages across Britain are invited to hold their own tributes in summer 2016 to mark 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme.

April 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Seven unknown WW1 British soldiers laid to rest in Flanders

Seven unknown British soldiers of the First World War have been reburied at ceremonies in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium.

April 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Actor Hugh Dennis joins CWGC call to remember war dead commemorated in UK

Centenary News reports from the launch of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission initiative encouraging the British public to explore ‘forgotten’ memorials in the UK during the Somme Centenary.

April 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to America’s WWI pilots in France – April 20

As the US and France prepare for a rededication ceremony to mark the centennial of a group of American pilots entering the First World War, Patrick Gregory looks back at the impact of the volunteer airmen.

Author: Patrick Gregory

April 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to America’s WWI pilots in France – April 20

April 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Six British WW1 soldiers reburied in Ypres

Six British soldiers have been reburied at a Commonwealth cemetery in Ypres, more than 100 years after they fell in Flanders during the First World War.