Memorials – Page 46 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremonies mark Centenary Anzac Day

The Centenary Anzac Day was marked on April 25th 2016 with traditional dawn services and remembrance ceremonies in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, Ireland, Belgium and at Gallipoli itself.

April 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary: Latest events round-up

A reminder from Centenary News of some of the many Battle of Jutland Centenary commemorations taking place on May 31st 2016.

May 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme motorway break for battlefield photo exhibition

A Somme motorway service area is the latest destination for photographer Michael St Maur Sheil’s centenary touring exhibition, Fields of Battle – Lands of Peace 14-18.

May 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Pioneering US WWI pilots remembered in France

France and the US paid tribute to America’s first airmen of the Great War at a ceremony rededicating the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial near Paris on April 20th 2016.

May 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Canada’s Vimy Oaks returning to France for 2017 Centennial

A project is under way in Canada to ‘repatriate’ descendants of French oak trees for the centenary commemorations of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 2017.

May 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Designs sought for remembrance path marking Somme Centenary

The UK government is inviting people to make their mark on a remembrance path being laid in Manchester for the Battle of the Somme Centenary on July 1st 2016.

May 12, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland – Scotland to mark Centenary on Firth of Forth

A ceremony has been held on the Firth of Forth to launch Scotland’s national commemorations for the Battle of Jutland Centenary.

May 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – IWM call to share remembrance online

Ahead of the Battle of Jutland Centenary, the public are being to urged discover and share stories of the men who fought on Imperial War Museums’ digital memorial, Lives of the First World War.

May 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Blacksmiths to create WW1 Poppy Cenotaph in Flanders

Blacksmiths and farriers from around the world are working on a project to create a steel cenotaph and poppies in Flanders, remembering people of all sides affected by the First World War.

May 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – 1,000 public tickets for Scotland’s vigil

Ticket applications are invited to attend the Somme Centenary Vigil at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle, on June 30th 2016.