United Kingdom – Page 98 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to WW1 volunteer nurse Edith Munro

Tribute has been paid to a First World War nurse, with a special ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in London on March 8th 2016 – International Women’s Day.

March 20, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Update – May 31 Centenary service at Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Britain’s Royal Navy will hold a parade and remembrance service in Southsea on May 31st 2016 as part of UK commemorations marking the Battle of Jutland Centenary.

March 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC update on visiting Thiepval, June-July 2016

Access to the Thiepval Memorial will be restricted over the immediate Somme Centenary period, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission announces.

March 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of the St Eloi Craters

March 27th 2016 marked the centenary of the largely forgotten ‘Battle of the St Eloi Craters’, fought in a landscape pitted by mine explosions near Ypres. Matt Warner tells the story.

Author: Matt Warner

March 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of the St Eloi Craters

March 27th 2016 marked the centenary of the largely forgotten ‘Battle of the St Eloi Craters’, fought in a landscape pitted by mine explosions near Ypres. Matt Warner tells the story.

March 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Easter ceremonies in Ireland remember 1916 uprising against British rule

Big crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Easter Sunday (March 27th 2016) for commemorations marking the centenary of the Easter Rising during WW1.

April 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Forgotten Wrecks’ project finds German WW1 warships in Portsmouth

Archaeologists have identifed the remains of two German First World War destroyers in Portsmouth Harbour, home of Britain’s Royal Navy.

April 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – New CWGC guides to remembering thousands lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is encouraging people to remember the Battle of Jutland, with the launch of new commemorative resources for the May 2016 Centenary.

April 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK call for nationwide vigils to mark Somme Centenary

Cities, towns and villages across Britain are invited to hold their own tributes in summer 2016 to mark 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme.

April 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Seven unknown WW1 British soldiers laid to rest in Flanders

Seven unknown British soldiers of the First World War have been reburied at ceremonies in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium.