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May 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania Centenary: Ireland’s day of tribute on the Cork coast

Centenary News reports from Cobh, where thousands of visitors packed the streets on May 7th 2015 for a day of tributes to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.

May 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Aubers Ridge – and a UK political crisis

Britain launched a new offensive at Aubers Ridge on May 9th 1915, triggering a political crisis, the formation of a coalition government and a new munitions ministry under David Lloyd George.

May 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli war memorials in England given added status

War memorials associated with the Gallipoli campaign have been given additional protected status by conservation body Historic England.

May 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update on remembering the Gretna troop train crash

Princess Anne will attend commemorations in Scotland in May 2015 marking the centenary of the Gretna disaster which killed more than 200 troops leaving for Gallipoli.

End Date: 23 May 2015

May 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Battle Lands of Peace 14-18’ – Photographer Mike Sheil talks at Stowe School

Photographer Michael St Maur Sheil will be talking about his First World War exhibition, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace 14-18, at Stowe School, near Buckingham in the UK, on Tuesday May 12th 2015.

End Date: 12 May 2015

May 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Talbot House appeals for wartime photos of the Poperinge ‘Every Man’s Club’

Talbot House is appealing for wartime photos of the ‘home from home’ created for WW1 British soldiers in Belgium as part of its 2015 Centenary.

May 13, 2015 CN Editorial Team

London lecture examines lessons of 1918 flu pandemic

The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War is discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015.

End Date: 13 May 2015

May 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Tag: United Kingdom