United Kingdom – Page 126 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Purple Poppy Day launches – August 23 – in memory of First World War horses

A new appeal for equine charities, commemorating horses, donkeys and mules lost in 1914-18, is intended to become an annual event, building support in future years as a legacy of the Centenary.

August 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Focus on the Hollybrook War Memorial, Southampton

Britain’s Maritime Archaeology Trust has released an online guide to the Hollybrook Memorial, which honours 1,930 members of Commonwealth land and air forces lost at sea, among them the South African soldiers on SS Mendi.

August 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Britain presents SS Mendi bell to South Africa

The bell from the troopship SS Mendi, sunk with the loss of more than 600 South African soldiers during the First World War, has been handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to commemorate their sacrifice.

September 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary revival for opera of love & betrayal in WW1 France

An opera based on the true story of stranded British soldiers who were sheltered by French villagers from 1914-16 is being revived for a First World War Centenary production.

September 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Central Powers start to break – September 1918

A glance at events 100 years ago this month, as Bulgaria was forced out of the First World War, and multiple offensives on the Western Front convinced Germany’s supreme commanders of the need for a ceasefire.

September 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC tribute to lives lost in the final ‘Hundred Days’ of WW1

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is sharing 120 personal stories of men and women who died in the last three months of the First World War, from the Battle of Amiens to the Armistice.

September 5, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Chelmsford’s leaf ‘Tommy’ in Centenary vigil

This foliage sculpture of a soldier stands in Chelmsford, Essex. Created by the city council for the final WW1 Centenary year, Tommy’s vigil will continue until claimed by approaching winter frosts. (Photo: Centenary News)

September 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Poppy sculpture ‘Wave’ in Centenary finale at IWM North

Wave, one of the touring Tower of London poppy sculptures, is going on display at Imperial War Museums’ waterfront site in Manchester, its final stop of the First World War Centenary.

September 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Last Push against Bulgaria from Salonika

Allied troops started their final advance on the Macedonian Front on 15 September 1918, knocking Bulgaria out of the First World War two weeks later.

September 15, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Call for Papers -The First World War: Past, Present, Future

The First World War Network of early career and postgraduate researchers is seeking papers for a conference in Edinburgh in June 2019 embracing multiple aspects of WW1.