Memorials – Page 56 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

NZ ‘Victory Medal’ sculpture to mark Flanders battle centenaries

A commemorative work by sculptor Helen Pollock has moved to Messines for the next stage of New Zealand’s First World War Centenary remembrance in Europe.

June 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC given €3.9m to restore Flanders cemeteries

The Flanders Government is giving the Commonwealth War Graves Commission more than €3.9 million towards restoration projects at 24 cemeteries in the Ieper (Ypres) area.

June 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering 18 London children killed in 1917 air raid

Queen Elizabeth and Germany's Ambassador to the UK attended commemorations in London on 15 June 2017 marking the centenary of a First World War air raid which left 18 schoolchildren dead.

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June 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering 18 London children killed in 1917 air raid

Queen Elizabeth and Germany's Ambassador to the UK attended commemorations in London on 15 June 2017 marking the centenary of a First World War air raid which left 18 schoolchildren dead.

June 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New memorial honours African & Caribbean troops of both World Wars

A monument unveiled in London last week finally honoured the many thousands of servicemen and women from African and Caribbean countries who fought for Britain in the First and Second World Wars.

July 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New ‘War Horse’ reading for 2017 Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

Author Michael Morpurgo will read a new short story in Ypres on Sunday 30 July at the start of commemorations for the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.

July 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

UK sites protected in memory of New Zealanders lost at Messines

Two monuments commemorating New Zealand’s WW1 soldiers have been protected on the advice of conservationists Historic England to mark the June 2017 Battle of Messines Centenary.

July 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The Menin Gate at 90 – CWGC photo display in Ypres

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has opened a photo exhibition to mark the 90th anniversary of the Menin Gate.

July 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The unveiling of the Menin Gate – how blind veterans told the story

Two blind soldiers’ accounts of the unveiling of the Menin Gate 90 years ago today have been voiced for the charity, Blind Veterans UK, founded as St Dunstan’s during WW1.

July 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Mud Soldier’ rests in Trafalgar Square for Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

The wearied figure of a soldier, sculpted using mud from Passchendaele, has been unveiled in London as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the Third Battle of Ypres 100 years ago.