Memorials – Page 61 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 memorials built in 1917 ‘listed’ for conservation

Eight memorials dedicated to the dead of the Great War in 1917 have been newly listed for preservation in their centenary year by the UK Government.

December 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Review of WW1 Centenary year 2017

Centenary News looks back at some of many events in 2017 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

December 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

2018 Events – ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in Armistice Centenary tribute

British artist Rob Heard is individually stitching more than 72,000 shrouded figures to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending the First World War.

January 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2018

A Centenary News summary of major anniversaries that shaped 1918, the final year of the First World War – and news of some of the 2018 event programmes announced so far.

January 15, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Urgent appeal to find British WW1 soldier’s family

British military officials trying to identify a First World War soldier’s remains want to trace the family of Edward Norton, a Durham Light Infantry sergeant killed in France in September 1918.

January 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Argonne project remembering America’s bloodiest WWI battle

A project highlighting key sites in the US Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 has been launched by France’s National Forestry Office.

January 31, 2018 CN Editorial Team

UK Government backs new memorial to Sikh troops

Plans for a national memorial in London to honour Sikhs who fought for Britain in both world wars have won government support.

February 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Islay remembers 1918 troopship losses

The Scottish island of Islay is embarking on events to commemorate the sinking of the Tuscania and Otranto, with the loss of 700 American and British lives.

February 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers

The liner Tuscania was torpedoed on 5 February 1918 near the end of a voyage bringing 2,000 US troops to Europe – as Patrick Gregory explains.

Author: Patrick Gregory

February 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers

The liner Tuscania was torpedoed on 5 February 1918 near the end of a voyage bringing 2,000 US troops to Europe – as Patrick Gregory explains.