Memorials – Page 65 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 22, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 days remembering Wilfred Owen in Shropshire

Wide-ranging commemorations for the life and work of the British First World War poet and soldier Wilfred Owen have been announced in the county of his birth.

July 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC staff return to Iraq after 12 years

Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff have made their first working visit to Iraq since 2006 to inspect CWGC memorials and cemeteries around Basra.

July 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New film remembers ‘forgotten’ Salonika campaign

A newly-released short film focusses on the First World War campaign in the Balkans which drew in 600,000 Allied troops from across the globe.

July 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Purple Poppy appeal to commemorate WW1 horses

A million purple poppy petals have fallen from the skies of the UK, at an event launching a new appeal in memory of horses, donkeys and mules lost in the Great War.

August 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Royal tribute for Battle of Amiens Centenary

At this week’s centenary commemorations, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to Allied cooperation delivering the success of the Battle of Amiens in August 1918.

August 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Liverpool remembers the Chinese Labour Corps

The latest in a series of events across the UK commemorating the First World War service of the Chinese Labour Corps has been held at Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool.

August 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Purple Poppy Day launches – August 23 – in memory of First World War horses

A new appeal for equine charities, commemorating horses, donkeys and mules lost in 1914-18, is intended to become an annual event, building support in future years as a legacy of the Centenary.

August 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Focus on the Hollybrook War Memorial, Southampton

Britain’s Maritime Archaeology Trust has released an online guide to the Hollybrook Memorial, which honours 1,930 members of Commonwealth land and air forces lost at sea, among them the South African soldiers on SS Mendi.

August 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Britain presents SS Mendi bell to South Africa

The bell from the troopship SS Mendi, sunk with the loss of more than 600 South African soldiers during the First World War, has been handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to commemorate their sacrifice.

September 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC tribute to lives lost in the final ‘Hundred Days’ of WW1

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is sharing 120 personal stories of men and women who died in the last three months of the First World War, from the Battle of Amiens to the Armistice.