Memorials – Page 51 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 5, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Two unknown WW1 soldiers buried at Commonwealth cemetery in France

Two British First World War soldiers whose identities remain unknown a century after they fell have been laid to rest on the former battlefields of Loos in Northern France.

October 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC highlights ‘forgotten’ Salonika Front

A remembrance service has been hosted by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Greece as part of a joint effort with the British Embassy in Athens to raise awareness of those lost in the Salonika campaign.

October 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Tower of London Poppies – 2017 UK display dates

Six venues have been chosen to host the next displays of the touring poppy installations, Wave and Weeping Window, the UK’s First World War Centenary arts programme, 14-18 NOW, has announced.

October 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC launches Somme battlefield guide

Centenary News reports from an event at the Canadian High Commission in London, marking publication of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Somme Battlefield Companion.

October 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Leicester University remembers fallen soldier commemorated with its founding

Archive material has uncovered one of the stories that inspired Leicester University’s foundation as a ‘living memorial’ to the dead of the First World War.

October 20, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Munitions site protected in tribute to women killed in WW1 blast

The UK Government has protected the site of a First World War munitions factory in Leeds where 35 women were killed in an explosion in December 1916.

October 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Verdun, 100 years ago – France recaptures Fort Douaumont

French colonial troops entered Fort Douaumont on 24 October 1916, ending an eight-month German occupation of the biggest of the Verdun fortresses.

November 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Lens’ 14-18 Museum hosts November 2016 Armistice commemorations

A weekend of Armistice commemorations at the Lens’14-18 Museum will include a torchlight ceremony at the new ‘Ring of Remembrance’ memorial overlooking the former battlefields of Artois.

November 11, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Day 2016: Remembering the Somme, Verdun and Jutland

Armistice Day ceremonies have been taking place around the world on 11 November 2016, the 98th anniversary of the ceasefire that ended the First World War.

November 12, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Day 2016: France remembers in the UK

The Centenaries of the Battles of Verdun and the Somme were marked at this year’s Armistice Day commemorations held by the French Embassy in London.