United Kingdom – Page 128 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Great War Symphony’ receives world premiere

‘The Great War Symphony’ – a new choral work written for the close of the WW1 Centenary by British composer Patrick Hawes – is being given its world première at the Royal Albert Hall, London, tonight (October 9).

October 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Scuttle of the German fleet in Scapa Flow – November conference in Orkney

International historians will discuss the impact and legacy of the sinking of Germany’s First World War surface fleet, at a conference in Orkney in November 2018.

October 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Shaping Our Sorrow’ – CWGC archive display launches for Armistice Centenary

More than 600 documents and photos from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s extensive archives have been released online for the end of the First World War Centenary.

October 18, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary events round-up, October/November 2018

A Centenary News look at some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago.

October 22, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Mud, Seeds of Hope’ at Ripon Cathedral

Artist Dan Metcalfe combines soil from Yorkshire and Passchendaele in a sculpture at Ripon Cathedral commemorating the sacrifices of those who returned from WW1, as well as those who did not.

October 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Poppy of Honour memorial to Great War fallen

Centenary News visits the ‘Poppy of Honour’ at Wincanton, in southwest England, a new memorial bearing the names of 1,115,471 British and Commonwealth dead or missing of the First World War.

October 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – Light to shine on Artois ‘Great Vigil’ for the fallen

Candle-lit vigils will be held at 270 cemeteries and memorials across Artois at nightfall on 10 November 2018 to commemorate all those who didn’t live to see the Armistice ending the Great War.

October 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The last days of WW1 – October/November 1918

A Centenary News glance at key events in the closing days of the Great War, as the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires stopped fighting, and Germany too edged towards a ceasefire.

October 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Full list of beaches named for WW1 ‘Pages of the Sea’ commemoration

More than 30 beaches across the UK and Republic of Ireland will be hosting Danny Boyle’s 14-18 NOW Armistice Centenary event, remembering those who left to serve in the First World War.

October 29, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – German President invited to UK Cenotaph Service

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will become the first German leader to lay a wreath at Britain’s annual Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, the UK Government confirms.