United Kingdom – Page 121 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Call to share WW1 stories with ‘unaware’ Millennials

UK armed forces charity SSAFA is urging families to pass on their First World War stories, after research suggesting many young people don’t know facts about the conflict.

February 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Hospital ship Glenart Castle sunk

More than 160 lives were lost when the hospital ship Glenart Castle was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the early hours of 26 February 1918.

February 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Gassed’ in US Midwest debut at WWI Museum

One of the best known First World War paintings, depicting the aftermath of a gas attack, is the focus for a new exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City.

February 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

WW1 ‘Tommies’ launch final year Centenary campaign

Life-size figures of British soldiers are appearing as part of a new charity art project -There But Not There – commemorating the 2018 centenary of the end of the First World War.

March 6, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Lookahead to the Royal Air Force Centenary

A mass flypast, 100-day baton relay and the unveiling of new galleries at the RAF Museum, Hendon, are among events coming up to mark the 100th birthday of Britain’s Royal Air Force.

March 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Doullens & London to mark Marshal Foch command centenary

Events are coming up in France and Britain on March 25/26 to commemorate the centenary of Ferdinand Foch becoming Allied commander-in-chief in 1918.

March 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Amiens Centenary – Ballot opens for August commemorations

A ticket ballot opens today (March 9) for commemorations in France marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens, the UK Government announces.

March 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New memorial to British West Indies Regiment on Sussex coast

Soldiers from the West Indies who volunteered to serve Britain in WW1 have been commemorated with a Nubian Jak Community Trust blue plaque in Seaford, where their regiment was formed in 1915.

March 15, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Tributes paid to the Chinese Labour Corps at Shorncliffe

Commemorations honouring the Chinese Labour Corps have been held on the Kent coast as part of a WW1 Centenary programme raising awareness of the CLC’s support for the British war effort.

March 16, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Update on Zeebrugge Raid conference at Royal Navy Museum

The National Museum of the Royal Navy announces more details of its April conference marking the centenary of Britain’s attempt to block German U-boat bases in Flanders.