Memorials – Page 50 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Chemin des Dames Centenary 2017 – Aisne call for projects

Centenary News looks ahead to a significant French anniversary, as the Aisne region prepares for commemorations marking the Battle of the Chemin des Dames, also known as the Nivelle Offensive and the Second Battle of the Aisne.

August 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘100 Cities’ campaign to restore US war memorials for 2017 Centennial

The US Centennial Commission and Chicago’s Pritzker Military Museum & Library have launched a new initiative ahead of next year’s centennial commemorations to restore old World War I monuments.

August 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Light in the Darkest Hour’ – Somme Centenary tribute at Shorncliffe

Hundreds of lanterns have been lit on First World War soldiers’ graves at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery in the UK as part of commemorations marking the 141 days of the Battle of the Somme.

September 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: First German airship shot down over UK

William Leefe Robinson became the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over England in the early hours of September 3rd 1916.

September 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – New Zealand remembers at Longueval Sept 15

Prince Charles is to join New Zealanders in France next week for commemorations honouring those who fought at the Battle of the Somme a century ago.

September 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Families of tank pioneers mark WW1 Tank Centenary

Descendants of soldiers who took Britain’s early tanks into battle gathered in London ahead of this week’s centenary of the first ever-tank action during the Great War.

September 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: UK Prime Minister’s son killed in action

British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith suffered a personal tragedy on 15 September 1916 when his eldest son, Raymond, was killed on the Somme.

September 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary events in France honour New Zealand’s Fallen

New Zealand held a series of commemorations in France on 15 September 2016 to mark the centenary of the New Zealand Division joining the Battle of the Somme.

September 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The World Remembers’ – 1916 memorial event opens

The Canadian War Museum is among 60 institutions globally hosting the 2016 screening of The World Remembers’ – a video project commemorating the dead of the Great War.

October 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Vigils remember Virginia’s First World War soldiers.

Vigils were held in Virginia on 17 September 2016 in memory of the US state’s soldiers who served in the Great War.