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September 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary ticket ballot opens

An online ballot opens today (September 28th 2015) for tickets to attend next year’s Thiepval commemorations marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.

November 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commemorations worldwide mark Armistice Day

Armistice Day has been observed with moments of silence and the laying of wreaths in countries around the world.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston

Susan Werbe reviews 'Remnants', artist Paul Emmanuel's installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University's 808 Gallery in the United States.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British & French leaders pay tribute on the Somme

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France remembered the fallen of the Somme during a visit to a Commonwealth cemetery on March 3rd 2016, ahead of this year’s centenary commemorations.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston

Susan Werbe reviews ‘Remnants’, artist Paul Emmanuel’s installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University’s 808 Gallery in the United States.

Author: Susan Werbe

March 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC update on visiting Thiepval, June-July 2016

Access to the Thiepval Memorial will be restricted over the immediate Somme Centenary period, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission announces.

June 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC launches ‘Thiepval App’

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched an app for the Battle of the Somme Centenary, helping visitors to locate soldiers’ names on the Thiepval Memorial.

June 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK online tribute to overseas Victoria Cross winners

A digital archive telling the stories of 175 overseas recipients of Britain’s highest award for valour has gone online as part of the UK Government’s First World War Centenary programme.

July 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary: Memorial honouring all South Africans unveiled at Delville Wood

President Jacob Zuma inaugurated a new memorial at Delville Wood on July 12th 2016 honouring South Africans of all races who fought in the First and Second World Wars.

October 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC launches Somme battlefield guide

Centenary News reports from an event at the Canadian High Commission in London, marking publication of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Somme Battlefield Companion.