United Kingdom – Page 112 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Arras/Vimy Ridge Centenary – Dawn tribute to tunnellers

Arras and Vimy Ridge hosted a day of commemorations on 9 April 2017 bringing together the nations who fought in the Allies’ first concerted Western Front offensive of 1917.

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

April 19, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Chinese Labour Corps arrives

Chinese workers recruited to support Britain’s war effort on the Western Front started arriving in France on 19 April 1917.

April 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary project to honour the Chinese Labour Corps

A new project in the UK aims to raise awareness of the 96,000 Chinese workers who supported British forces during the Great War.

April 23, 2017 CN Editorial Team

UK & Ireland to share Messines Centenary remembrance

Britain and Ireland are to hold a joint tribute to soldiers from nationalist and unionist traditions who fought side by side at the Battle of Messines in the summer of 1917.

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 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ launches Centenary projects

Centenary News reports from the opening of ‘Away from the Western Front’, a new venture to raise awareness of WW1 campaigns in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East.

May 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to mine-sweeping trawler crew

A ceremony has been held on England’s south coast to commemorate 10 crewmen of the trawler HMT Arfon, lost on mine-sweeping duties in April 1917.

May 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai tank veteran ‘Deborah’ prepares for Centenary move

A British tank discovered under the battlefields of Cambrai is about to start its final journey to a new museum opening for the November 2017 Centenary.