United Kingdom – Page 127 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 17, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Project launches to trace WW1 Belgian refugees

Researchers are trying to discover more about the stories of 250,000 refugees who came to Britain from Belgium after Germany invaded in August 1914.

September 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed

Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.

Author: Paul Knight

September 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed

Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.

September 20, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Latest Armistice Centenary exhibitions open at IWM

Four exhibitions have opened at the Imperial War Museum in London as part of Making a New World – IWM’s season of events for the close of the First World War Centenary.

September 21, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Battle of the Ancre’ film in Bristol for Armistice Centenary

The official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme in 1916 will be screened in Bristol, with live music, as part of an Armistice Centenary tour in November.

September 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Reports: German President for UK Cenotaph ceremony?

Ahead of the official announcement, newspapers in Britain reported plans to invite Germany’s head-of-state to the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, which this year coincides with the Armistice Centenary.

September 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – ‘Tout Le Monde à La Bataille’, Allies strike across Western Front

In the dying days of September 1918, an Allied onslaught in Northern France and Flanders, coupled with defeats for the Central Powers on other fronts, forced German overtures for an armistice.

September 30, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Bulgaria exits the First World War

The Central Powers were left exposed in the Balkans, after Bulgaria dropped out of WW1 under an armistice which came into effect on 30 September 1918.

October 5, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Weeping Window’ poppy display opens at IWM London

The final presentation of the Tower of London WW1 Centenary poppies tour is under way at the Imperial War Museum.

October 6, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Islay marks centenary of HMS Otranto tragedy

The loss of a First World War troopship carrying American soldiers to Europe in October 1918 has been remembered on the Hebridean island of Islay.