United Kingdom – Page 110 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Salonika Remembers’ – schools invited to explore CWGC sites in Greece

A project for schools commemorating the centenary of the Salonika Campaign has been launched by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in partnership with the British Council in Greece.

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ project to highlight ‘overlooked’ campaigns

A new project aims to raise awareness of the men and women from Britain and its former empire who served in the ‘often overlooked’ WW1 campaigns in Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Africa.

February 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Submarine Centenary: UK memorial wins added heritage protection

Conservationists have upgraded the protected status of Britain’s national memorial to submariners to safeguard its preservation for future generations.

February 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Submarine Centenary: Historic U-boat wreck photos released

German submarines wrecked on the Cornish coast after the First World War have been revealed by conservationists in photos newly acquired by the Historic England archives.

February 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Appeal for information about 15 First World War soldiers

Researchers are appealing for help to discover the personal stories of 15 First World War soldiers commemorated at the offices of Lloyd’s Register in London.

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 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Book Review – The Western Front: Landscape, Tourism and Heritage

Battlefield guide Victor Piuk discovers new perspectives in this study of how the landscapes of the Great War have influenced a century of commemoration and tourism.

Publication Date: 27 Oct 2016

Author: Dr Stephen Miles

March 5, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Imperial War Museum founded during WW1

The Imperial War Museum was founded on 5 March 1917 when the British Government approved a proposal for a national museum to record events taking place while the First World War was still being fought.

March 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Matching Centenary tributes to fallen Durham soldier

The family of a British soldier killed on the Somme battlefields in March 1917 have marked the centenary of his death with simultaneous wreath layings in the UK and France.