United Kingdom – Page 120 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Schools’ WW1 Centenary quilt display in Cardiff

Two commemorative quilts designed and handmade by 130 Monmouthshire schoolchildren for the First World War Centenary are on display at the Welsh Assembly's Pierhead Futures Gallery.

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January 15, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Urgent appeal to find British WW1 soldier’s family

British military officials trying to identify a First World War soldier’s remains want to trace the family of Edward Norton, a Durham Light Infantry sergeant killed in France in September 1918.

January 21, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Great War Symphony – a ‘Monument in Music’ for the Centenary

Centenary News has listened in to recording of ‘The Great War Symphony’ – a new choral work specially written for the closing WW1 commemorations by British composer Patrick Hawes.

January 31, 2018 CN Editorial Team

UK Government backs new memorial to Sikh troops

Plans for a national memorial in London to honour Sikhs who fought for Britain in both world wars have won government support.

February 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Islay remembers 1918 troopship losses

The Scottish island of Islay is embarking on events to commemorate the sinking of the Tuscania and Otranto, with the loss of 700 American and British lives.