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August 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Passchendaele’ artist Wyndham Lewis showcased at IWM North

Centenary News visits IWM North's exhibition highlighting the work of Wyndham Lewis – artillery officer at the Third Battle of Ypres and challenging WW1 war artist.

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August 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Passchendaele’ artist Wyndham Lewis showcased at IWM North

Centenary News visits IWM North's exhibition highlighting the work of Wyndham Lewis – artillery officer at the Third Battle of Ypres and challenging WW1 war artist.

August 4, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Surviving Battle of Cambrai tank moves to new home

‘Deborah’, the British tank unearthed in France 19 years ago, has arrived at a new museum opening in November 2017 for the Battle of Cambrai Centenary.

September 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

SS Mendi bell displayed on Isle of Wight this week

The bell from SS Mendi, the ship sunk in 1917 with the loss of more than 600 black South African troops, is being temporarily displayed on the Isle of Wight from September 25-29.

October 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Beyond the Battlefields’ – Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War

The work of a German photographer who focussed her camera on the home front is being displayed for the first time outside Germany, at twin UK exhibitions in Birmingham.

October 23, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Italy defeated at Battle of Caporetto

The Central Powers launched an offensive against Italy on 24 October 1917, achieving a significant breathrough after more than two years of fighting on the Isonzo river.

October 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

First World War Italian campaign photos discovered in Australia

Centenary News reader Vick Kristoff tells us about his discovery of hundreds of glass photographic negatives revealing scenes from the Italian front in the Great War.

November 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai tank veteran ‘Deborah’ keeps vigil in new home

A first glimpse of the Battle of Cambrai veteran Deborah in her final resting place, 100 years after she fought in the first mass tank attack.

December 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WWI veteran USS Texas battles for survival

Campaigners are urgently appealing for support to save the last surviving American battleship of both world wars from the scrapyard, reports Patrick Gregory.

Author: Patrick Gregory

December 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WWI veteran USS Texas battles for survival

Campaigners are urgently appealing for support to save the last surviving American battleship of both world wars from the scrapyard, reports Patrick Gregory.