South Africa – Page 4 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: South African troops lost in SS Mendi disaster

The troopship SS Mendi sank after a collision in the English Channel on 21 February 1917, claiming the lives of more than 600 South Africans being sent to the Western Front.

February 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering the SS Mendi – South Africa leads centenary tributes

Centenary News reports from the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton, where South Africa held a service on February 20, commemorating more than 600 troops lost in the sinking of the SS Mendi.

March 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ – CWGC marks its 2017 Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is marking its Centenary year with the launch of new projects aimed at promoting awareness of its founding mission of remembrance in perpetuity.

April 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC Centenary – Ballot for Westminster Abbey service

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced a public ballot for a limited number of tickets to attend its Centenary thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey, London, on 23 May 2017.

May 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Shrouds of the Somme’ appeal for 2018 Armistice Centenary

A crowd funding campaign has been launched to display a British artist’s poignant tribute to the fallen of the Great War in London for the November 2018 Armistice Centenary.

May 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Commonwealth War Graves Commission founded

The Imperial War Graves Commission – later renamed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – was created by Royal Charter on 21 May 1917 to remember the Great War dead of Britain and its Dominions in perpetuity.

May 23, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC opens ‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ Centenary exhibition

An exhibition marking the Centenary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has opened at Brookwood Military Cemetery, CWGC’s largest site in the UK.

May 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The False Armistice – 7 November 1918

In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.

May 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The False Armistice – 7 November 1918

In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.

Author: James Smith

June 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC given €3.9m to restore Flanders cemeteries

The Flanders Government is giving the Commonwealth War Graves Commission more than €3.9 million towards restoration projects at 24 cemeteries in the Ieper (Ypres) area.