Memorials – Page 54 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Remembering World War I is essential’ – US Centennial Commissioner

The First World War was the ‘shaping event’ of the 20th century, and America should continue to learn from ‘this great tragedy’, says Dr Monique Brouillet Seefried, a US World War I Centennial Commissioner.

March 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Matching Centenary tributes to fallen Durham soldier

The family of a British soldier killed on the Somme battlefields in March 1917 have marked the centenary of his death with simultaneous wreath layings in the UK and France.

March 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Three more WW1 Victoria Crosses displayed at the Australian War Memorial

Victoria Cross medals awarded to three Australian soldiers in 1917-18 have been added to the Centenary display in the Australian War Memorial’s Hall of Valour.

March 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tributes to Captain Archibald Bisset Smith VC

Ceremonies have been held in Scotland and New Zealand to honour Archibald Bisset Smith, a First World War merchant ship’s captain awarded the Victoria Cross, and the crewmen lost with him on the SS Otaki.

March 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Arras Centenary update – Scotland remembers

Commemorations honouring Scottish soldiers who fought at the Battle of Arras in 1917 will be held in France and Scotland during a day of international centenary events on 9 April 2017.

March 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ – CWGC marks its 2017 Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is marking its Centenary year with the launch of new projects aimed at promoting awareness of its founding mission of remembrance in perpetuity.

April 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace’ – US Centennial report from Kansas City

CN contributor Dr Jillian Davidson reports from the April 6 commemorations marking the 2017 Centennial of US entry into World War I.

April 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace’ – America marks WWI Centennial

100 years to the day after America entered the Great War, the anniversary has been marked with a US Centennial Commission remembrance event at the National World War I Museum and Memorial.

April 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Scotland remembers the Battle of Arras

Scotland paid tribute to its dead in Arras with commemorations at Faubourg d’Amiens Commonwealth Cemetery, and a Beating Retreat Ceremony in the city centre attended by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

April 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Canada marks ‘pivotal’ Battle of Vimy Ridge

Thousands of Canadians gathered at Vimy Ridge for the centenary of a First World War victory seen as a defining moment in their country’s birth as an independent nation.