United Kingdom – Page 102 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 31, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Jutland

The British and German fleets fought the biggest naval battle of the First World War off the coast of Denmark on May 31st/June 1st 1916.

June 5, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Lord Kitchener & more than 730 die in HMS Hampshire sinking

Britain’s War Minister, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, was killed at sea on June 5th 1916 soon after sailing from Orkney on a secret diplomatic mission to Russia.

June 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

More photos of the HMS Hampshire Centenary event in Orkney

More photos taken by Centenary News at the unveiling of the new memorial commemorating all those who died on the cruiser HMS Hampshire when it was sunk off the Orkney Islands in 1916 while taking Britain’s War Minister, Lord Kitchener, on a secret mission to Russia.

June 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Orkney remembers the dead of HMS Hampshire

Centenary News reports from the Orkney Islands on the unveiling of a new memorial commemorating all those who died in the mine explosion which sank HMS Hampshire on June 5th 1916.

June 11, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Perspectives on the Somme’ – Western Front Association Conference

The Western Front Association will be commemorating the Battle of the Somme with a centenary conference in the UK on July 9th 2016.

End Date: 09 Jul 2016

June 12, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary app explores Battle of the Somme

The events of the Battle of the Somme as they unfolded in 1916 are told in a new app released by the Royal British Legion and tv historian Dan Snow.

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 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary events to mark Battle of the Boar’s Head in France

Commemorations are planned at Richebourg in Northern France, marking the centenary of an attack which cost British troops heavy losses on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

June 20, 2016 CN Editorial Team

HMS Hampshire wreck surveyed off Orkney

Marine archaeologists from the University of the Highlands & Islands have surveyed the wreck of HMS Hampshire, the British cruiser sunk in June 1916 with the loss of War Minister Lord Kitchener and most of the crew.

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.