suesalter1 Posted 26 March , 2018 Share Posted 26 March , 2018 Is there no official events happening in the UK or France/Flanders to mark the 100 years since the Armistice in 1918? I've seen nothing mentioned like there was for the Somme and Passchedaele. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 27 March , 2018 Share Posted 27 March , 2018 I don’t know, I’ve asked question in an earlier post. As I will Ieper on the 11th November and the last couple of times I’ve taken the group I’m with to Tyne Cot and has been mad , roads closed and nothing advised before hand. As the 11th falls on Sunday, is there anything planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 27 March , 2018 Share Posted 27 March , 2018 22 minutes ago, thetrenchrat22 said: I will Ieper on the 11th November Hope you've got your hotel sorted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 27 March , 2018 Share Posted 27 March , 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, sassenach said: Hope you've got your hotel sorted... Sorry if going off the thread, slightly Yes, hotel all sorted. It was booked last year Edited 27 March , 2018 by thetrenchrat22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 1 April , 2018 Share Posted 1 April , 2018 There is a small event at Mons, a larger one at Whitehall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 1 April , 2018 Share Posted 1 April , 2018 The Australian government have a large event planned at Villers Bretonneux for the 11th November. All ticket event. Click here for the official site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 April , 2018 Share Posted 2 April , 2018 A wide-ranging take on the USA's plans and experience is to be read in 'Politico', here: https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-great-war-could-reign-on-donald-trump-parade-veterans-day/ 'But World War I was subsequently glossed over in the United States, which participated in the final 18 months and helped the Allies turn the tide. “It got book-ended by the Civil War and World War II,” said Mitchell Yockelson, an investigative archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration. “It kind of laid dormant for a long time. And even the U.S. government didn’t really mention World War I that much. We’re the only belligerent in the war that doesn’t have an official history.” ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry R Posted 11 April , 2018 Share Posted 11 April , 2018 In London there is a service at Westminster Abbey for the Queen and top Brass. Thats it. Well done the Department of Culture on spending the £5m you had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 12 April , 2018 Share Posted 12 April , 2018 There is also a beefed up version of the usual Remembrance Day march-past in Whitehall. I believe there is a ballot for tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suesalter1 Posted 12 April , 2018 Author Share Posted 12 April , 2018 Oh well, we'll probably be the middle of World War 3 by then, so it won't make much difference! Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morar Andrei Posted 12 April , 2018 Share Posted 12 April , 2018 Unfortunately, no event announced here in Romania, yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 13 April , 2018 Share Posted 13 April , 2018 On 4/11/2018 at 22:17, Barry R said: In London there is a service at Westminster Abbey for the Queen and top Brass. Thats it. Well done the Department of Culture on spending the £5m you had. DCMS is also organising an event in Amiens on 8 August. The ballot closes on 16 April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry R Posted 13 April , 2018 Share Posted 13 April , 2018 Any links to these two Ballets ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 18 May , 2018 Share Posted 18 May , 2018 The Secretary of State for Culture etc made a speech at the commemoration of Foch's appointment as Supreme Allied Commander back in March. I've just seen a copy. He referred to the signing of the Armistice as meaning "peace." Pity he couldn't bring himself to say "victory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassoon Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 Just bumping this up, hoping for some updates. Is there anything being planned in London, other than the official Remembrance Sunday ceremony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 26 June , 2018 Share Posted 26 June , 2018 I believe that they are expanding the usual ceremony to allow many more people to march than usual. You have to enter a ballot to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted 8 July , 2018 Share Posted 8 July , 2018 I have received word from the Mayor of Picquigny, west of Amiens, that there will be a service and, I think, a small march in the town, starting about 0945 Starting at the "English Cemetery", Cavee d'Airaines and ending at the War Memorial opposite the Chateau Fort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrierbarry Posted 8 July , 2018 Share Posted 8 July , 2018 Still nothing planned for London ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 12 July , 2018 Share Posted 12 July , 2018 I understand more details will be available shortly (timings perhaps not helped by the move of Matt Hancock from DCMS to Health, and therefore a new Culture Secretary, Jeremy Wright) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 12 July , 2018 Share Posted 12 July , 2018 From The One Show on BBC 1 tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/20BPmDC5M1yN7tXd6MHVGLj/a-nation-s-thank-you-the-people-s-procession Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 13 July , 2018 Share Posted 13 July , 2018 Gov.uk announcement here https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bells-to-ring-out-and-10000-to-march-past-the-cenotaph-as-the-nation-says-thank-you and Guardian piece https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/12/armistice-centenary-to-feature-10000-strong-peoples-march. Unfortunately in that someone from IWM talks about the bells not ringing until Armistice Day which is just wrong, DORA forbade the sounding of bells (and various other things) after dark, but otherwise ringing continued (subject to the ringers not being elsewhere). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 15 July , 2018 Share Posted 15 July , 2018 Last couple of years driving from Frevent across to thiepval area( avoiding the bigger places) we drove through many small villages, it seemed like the ones not connected with the battles had services and marches to the memorial, pompieres in brass hats all polished. The bigger Villages closer to the battles , I think only one had something going on in the square. i did read of 'celebrations' going on for 1918 but here many did not bother for 1914 to 1917, I suspect the 'pc' members on the committees put a stop to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morar Andrei Posted 21 September , 2018 Share Posted 21 September , 2018 This was last month at Verdun. I fiund about it because my colleagues from the reenactment group were involved, crossing all the way from Romania to France. https://www.google.ro/amp/s/france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/meuse/verdun/verdun-reconstitution-exceptionnelle-clore-centenaire-premiere-guerre-mondiale-1529578.amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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