Lanterns will be lit on the graves of 550 soldiers at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery on the Kent coast on August 4 2014, the Centenary of Britain's entry into the First World War.
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Princes William and Harry, and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, to mark First World War Centenary in Belgium
Prince William, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry will be in Belgium on 4th August 2014 for events marking the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
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Reflections on the August 4th commemoration events in Belgium
The Centenary News Editor spent August 4th in Belgium – attending the Liège and Mons events. He sent in reports for Centenary News from both locations, but here’s his personal account, looking back on the day.
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Reflections on the August 4th commemoration events in Belgium
The Centenary News Editor spent August 4th in Belgium – attending the Liège and Mons events. He sent in reports for Centenary News from both locations, but here’s his personal account, looking back on the day.
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Centenary poppies spread around Tower of London in memory of First World War dead
The Tower of London moat is filling with hundreds of thousands of ceramic poppies, each commemorating a British or colonial military death during the First World War.
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Three million UK homes answered ‘Lights Out’ call on centenary of war
More than three million households in the UK are estimated to have taken part in the ‘Lights Out’ event, remembering the night Britain entered the First World War a century ago.
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British writer criticises the UK’s approach to the centenary – saying it that has “lost all sense of proportion”
The British author and journalist Simon Jenkins has written a strongly worded comment article in the Guardian saying that the centenary has been seized as a military propaganda opportunity, and that lessons learned have been ignored or forgotten.
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RAF Museum puts First World War casualty records online
The Royal Air Force Museum has launched a new website allowing people to explore previously unseen Casualty Cards of members of the Royal Flying Corps who were killed or injured during the First World War.
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Western Front Association remembers first British troops sent to France in 1914
The Western Front Association has begun four days of commemorations marking the Centenary of the first British troops leaving for France in 1914.
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Battle of the Aisne Centenary to be marked with two days of commemorations in September 2014
Thousands of soldiers killed at the Battle of the Aisne, where trench warfare started in 1914, are to be remembered at a special Centenary event in France.
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