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March 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘National Myth & the First World War in Modern Popular Music’

Cultural historian Dr Peter Grant talks about his new book charting the influence of the Great War on songwriters from the 1950s to the present day.

March 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Baghdad falls to British/Indian forces

Major Paul Knight considers how a renewed Allied campaign in Mesopotamia resulted in Baghdad’s capture on 11 March 1917.

Author: Major Paul Knight

March 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Baghdad falls to British/Indian forces

Major Paul Knight considers how a renewed Allied campaign in Mesopotamia resulted in Baghdad's capture on 11 March 1917.

March 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Royal opening for ‘Women and the Royal Navy’ centenary exhibition

Princess Anne has opened a centenary exhibition at the Royal Navy Museum, Portsmouth, dedicated to the role of women in the British navy.

March 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tributes to Captain Archibald Bisset Smith VC

Ceremonies have been held in Scotland and New Zealand to honour Archibald Bisset Smith, a First World War merchant ship’s captain awarded the Victoria Cross, and the crewmen lost with him on the SS Otaki.

March 26, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Royal Navy Museum conference charts Jutland legacy

A three-day international conference exploring the legacy and wider impact of the Battle of Jutland has been announced by Britain’s National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth.

March 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Arras Centenary update – Scotland remembers

Commemorations honouring Scottish soldiers who fought at the Battle of Arras in 1917 will be held in France and Scotland during a day of international centenary events on 9 April 2017.

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 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Arras & Vimy Ridge

British and Commonwealth forces attacked the German lines at Arras on 9 April 1917, in a renewed attempt to break the deadlock on the Western Front.

April 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Scotland remembers the Battle of Arras

Scotland paid tribute to its dead in Arras with commemorations at Faubourg d’Amiens Commonwealth Cemetery, and a Beating Retreat Ceremony in the city centre attended by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.