Memorials – Page 59 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘A Soldier’s Journey’ explored – with US WWI Memorial sculptor Sabin Howard

US sculptor Sabin Howard tells Centenary News how a visit to New Zealand is helping to shape his designs for America's new National World War I Memorial.

October 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

19 First World War soldiers buried at Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium

Nineteen soldiers of the British Army who fell on the battlefields of Flanders have been laid to rest at New Irish Farm CWGC cemetery near Ypres.

October 5, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Australia pledges new Menin Gate Lions for Ypres

Replicas of the historic Menin Gate Lions will be presented as a First World War Centenary gift to Ieper (Ypres), the Australian Government announces.

October 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Call to sow ‘Ribbon of Poppies’ for 2018

Hundreds of pledges have been received in support of a call to sow swathes of poppies for the final year of the First World War Centenary.

October 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US Mint unveils design for WWI Centennial coin

The US Mint has unveiled the winning design for a Silver Dollar commemorating 4.7 million Americans who served in the First World War.

October 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand commemorates its ‘darkest day’ at Passchendaele

New Zealanders gathered in Belgium this week to pay tribute to their soldiers who fell at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.

October 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Candles light Tyne Cot in memory of Passchendaele

More than 7,000 people have taken part in a candle-lit evening of reflection at Tyne Cot Cemetery, remembering soldiers killed at the Battle of Passchendaele 100 years ago.

November 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – Australia pledges $7.5m for local projects

Applications open on 11 November 2017 for a $7.5 million Australian community grants programme to mark the 2018 Centenary of the First World War Armistice.

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Hold High The Torch’ – CWGC global remembrance event, November 11

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission invites people to take part in a global remembrance event on Armistice Day, using digital technology to create ‘a wave of light from Sydney to London.’

November 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering cricketer Colin Blythe – Killed in Flanders 100 years ago

CN contributor Andy Moreton pays tribute to the champion cricketer, Colin Blythe, on the centenary of his death in the Great War.

Author: Andy Moreton