‘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).
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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.
Continue reading‘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.
Continue readingArmistice 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.
Continue reading‘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.
Continue readingPoppy 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.
Continue readingArmistice 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.
Continue readingThe 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.
Continue readingFull 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.
Continue readingArmistice 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.
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