United Kingdom – Page 85 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 18, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli submariner VC remembered in Scotland

Britain’s Royal Navy has paid tribute to Lieutenant Commander Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Gallipoli Campaign.

July 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Nasiriyah in Mesopotamia campaign

British and Indian forces advancing into Turkish-ruled Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) took the town of Nasiriyah on July 24th 1915.

July 26, 2015 CN Editorial Team

£4.89 million awarded to RAF Museum for Royal Air Force Centenary

Britain’s RAF Museum has been awarded a lottery grant of almost £5million to take forward the next phase of its centenary programme, “The First 100 Years”.

July 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

First World War ‘sound mirrors’ restored on White Cliffs of Dover

Two First World War sound mirrors can now be seen on Engand’s Kent coast as part of a newly-opened National Trust site exploring Second World War tunnels.

July 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Tower of London poppies – first UK display venues announced

The Tower of London poppy sculptures will begin a First World War Centenary tour of the UK in northern England in autumn 2015.

August 3, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Help remember every soldier who fought at Battle of the Somme – IWM

Ahead of the Somme Centenary, Imperial War Museums is appealing for help to complete the stories of soldiers who fought in the 1916 battle on its digital memorial, Lives of the First World War.

August 5, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 researchers invited to ‘showcase’ studies at UK National Archives event

The National Archives is offering an opportunity to share recent First World War research at a September 2016 conference focussing on the Home Front.

August 5, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘The Road to Bletchley Park’ – pioneer codebreakers of WW1 revealed

The story of how Britain’s codebreaking skills were pioneered during the First World War is explored in a new exhibition at Bletchley Park.

August 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: August offensive starts at Gallipoli

The last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli was launched on August 6th 1915, with an attempt to break out of Anzac Cove and a British landing at Suvla Bay.

August 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli veteran HMS M.33 opens on centenary of August offensive

Britain’s only surviving warship from the Gallipoli campaign has opened to the public after a £2.5 million restoration project at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.