Memorials – Page 8 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 25, 2013 CN Editorial Team

UK plans to honour Victoria Cross recipients for the Centenary sees soldier excluded due to “loophole”

The BBC reports that British plans to honour VC recipients during the Centenary, announced in early August 2013, will see those born overseas, but who later lived in the UK, excluded.

August 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary restoration in Belgium stalls due to funding concerns

L’avenir reports that efforts to rebuild a monument at the Cimetière de Foqueux have been halted due to the Wallonian government’s inability to fund the project.

August 30, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Butte de Warlencourt First World War burial mound to be “renewed and preserved” for Centenary

The Western Front Association has announced that it will “extensively improve” the burial mound at the Butte de Warlencourt in France, which was the scene of British losses during the Battle of the Somme.

August 31, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Restoration work to take place at First World War cemetery near Berlin

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced that it is carrying out major renovations at a cemetery near Berlin where almost 1,200 First World War servicemen are buried.

September 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Oklahoma recognises role of First World War Chocktaw Code Talkers as stretch of highway is renamed

NewsOK reports that a stretch of highway in Oklahoma, USA, will be renamed in honour of Native Americans who fought for America during the First World War.

September 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Momentum gathering for Scottish First World War memorial in France

Herald Scotland reports that there are new hopes for a national monument in honour of First World War Scottish soldiers in France.

September 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Restoration of Scottish Highland First World War memorials may not be complete in time for Centenary

Highland News reports that a local authority in Scotland – the Highland Council – may reverse plans for First World War memorials to be restored in time for the Centenary of the outbreak of the conflict.

September 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Welsh First Minister announces support for new First World War memorial in Belgium

The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, announced Welsh Government financial support for a new memorial in Belgium to remember the Welsh who served during the First World War.

September 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Scottish Highland war memorials will not be restored in time for 2014, but communities will be “consulted”

The Highland Council in Scotland announces that plans to restore First World War memorials in the local authority in time for the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War will no longer go ahead.

September 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Russian President to inaugurate monument in France dedicated to First World War soldiers

France Bleu reports that the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will visit northern Rheims in France in 2014 to inaugurate a memorial dedicated to the First World War Russian Expeditionary Force.