Events in the Aisne - Picardy

16 April 2014 Remembrance day at the Chemin des Dames, a commemorative walk.

16 April 2014 - December 2014 An exhibition at the Dragon’s Lair “The British at the Chemin des Dames” (presentation of the British engagement in the first Battle of the Aisne, the Chemin des Dames offensive and British memorial sites).From April 16 2014 till the end of the year, the Dragon’s Lair will offer one or two guided tours in the steps of British soldiers at the Chemin des Dames.

Last weekend of May 2014 “Memorial Day”: official commemoration in the Aisne’s three American cemeteries (Belleau, Bony and Seringes-et-Nesles).

26 - 30 August 2014A number of other commemorations of the British involvement will be organized in the Aisne by ONAC and the communes concerned: - 26 August 2014 at Moÿ-de-l’Aisne (for the British cavalry charge),- 30 August 2014 at Le Sourd cemetery(for the Battle of Guise)

13 September 2014“The rugby men’s trench” and an international rugby match.An event will be organised to commemorate the French and British rugby players who fell at the Chemin des Dames and in the Aisne during World War I (morning ceremony at the Basques monument and international match in the afternoon at the stadium at Laon).

14 September 2014National commemoration day for the Battle of the Aisne, a Franco-British ceremony on a large scale, attended by representatives of the British and French authorities at Cerny-en-Laonnois.

31 October 2014 Commemorations of the British forces will be organised in the Aisne by ONAC and the communes concerned: on 31 October 2014 at the cemetery at Vailly-sur-Aisne (to mark the first battle of the Aisne).

Events in the Somme

Spring 2014 As part of the Australian Remembrance Trail: a trail around Mont-Saint-Quentin (near Péronne) is being planned, evoking the Australian battle that took place there. A trail through Péronne is also being planned which will explain the liberation of the town in 1918. A new exhibition room at the Historial, Museum of the Great War will also describe this event. | Tel. 00 33 (0)3 22 83 14 18 www.historial.org

April to November 2014 Exhibition at the Historial, Museum of the Great War: Hearing the War, Music, Sounds and Silences of the First World War. | Tel. 00 33 (0)3 22 83 14 18www.historial.org

25 April 2014ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Villers-Bretonneux. Each year on the 25th April, the Australians and New-Zealanders commemorate ANZAC Day, their day of remembrance. At Villers-Bretonneux this day is particularly important because it also

marks the anniversary of the retaking of Villers-Bretonneux by Australian troops. A Dawn Service is held at the Australian National Memorial each year at 5.30am and various events, such as concerts, commemorative walks, exhibitions and sporting events, etc., are held in Villers-Bretonneux and other villages of the Somme during the “Australian Week”. | Tel. 00 33 (0)3 22 71 22 71 www.anzac-france.com

28 June 2014Inauguration of the 6th Continent. As part of the public request by the French Ministry of Culture, a landscaping intervention will be carried out at Péronne, themed on the “Five Continents Garden”. | Tel. 00 33 (0)3 22 71 22 71 www.somme-battlefields.com

1 July 201498th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. A moving ceremony at the Lochnagar Crater at La Boisselle, in remembrance of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, followed by ceremonies at Thiepval, the Ulster Tower, the Newfoundland Memorial Park, Fricourt and so on…| Tel. 00 33(0)3 22 71 22 71 www.somme-battlefields.com

12 - 14 September 2014 Air show at the Glisy Airfield. | Tel. 00 33 (0)3 22 71 80 80 www.somme-battlefields.com

7 - 10 November 2014Walk of Remembrance linking Albert and Ypres, themed on 1914. | Tel. 00 33 (0)3 22 75 16 42 www.centenaire-somme.com

Events in Pas-de- Calais

9 April 2014Commemorations of the battle of Arras and Vimy RidgeArras: Wellington QuarryThe ceremony begins at 06.30 hours (05.30am British Time) to coincide with the launching of the battle.| Rue Arthur Delétoille, 62000 Arras, FranceTel. 00 33 (0)3 21 51 26 95 www.explorearras.com Canadian National Vimy MemorialChemin des canadiens (route D55) 62580 Vimy, FranceTel. 00 33 (0) 3 21 50 68 68 www.veterans.gc.ca

25 April 2014ANZAC Day Dawn Service at BullecourtEach year on the 25th April, the Australians and New-Zealanders commemorate ANZAC Day, their day of remembrance.| Bullecourt 1917 museum1, rue d’Arras F- 62128 BullecourtTel. 00 33 (0)3 21 55 33 20.E-mail: museebullecourt1917@orange.fr

28 May – 6 October 2014 Exhibition The disasters of war. 1800-2014The exhibition presents a rich set of representations arising from disenchantment with war, considered above all as a dealer in misfortunes from the beginning of the 19th century to our own time.| Louvre-LensRue Paul Bert, 62300 Lens, FranceTel. 00 33 (0)3 21 18 62 62 www.louvrelens.fr

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11 November 2014Inauguration of the International memorialdedicated to the soldiers who died in the Artois region of Nord-pas de Calais on the Western Front.| French necropolis at Notre-Dame de LoretteAblain-Saint-Nazaire

November 2014 Inauguration of a new visitor centre in Souchez: an Interpretation Centre, designed to present a coherent narrative of the Great War in French Flanders and Artois.

10 March 2015Centenary of the battle of Neuve-Chapelle (India)| Neuve Chapelle Indian MemorialRoute d’Estaires (RD 947) 62136 Richebourg

9 May 2015 Centenary of the French offensives in Artois (France, Germany)French national necropolis of Notre-Dame de LoretteGerman military cemetery at La Maison Blanche, Neuville-Saint-Vaast

25 September 2015 Centenary of the Battle of Loos (UK)Dud Corner cemetery and Loos memorial

1 September 2015 Exhibition “Archeology in the Great War”| Arras tourist officeTel. 00 33 (0)3 21 51 26 95www.explorearras.com

Events in West Flanders

1 November 2013 – 30 June 2014 Ieper, In Flanders Fields MuseumThemed exhibition ‘War and Trauma’: Soldiers and ambulances The exhibition highlights the moving and often tragic medical aspects of war and conflict. | www.inflandersfields.be/en

25 April 2014 ZonnebekeANZAC Day Ceremony| www.passchendaele.be

4 July 2014 Ieper Carillon FestivalFestival with the participation of war memorial bell-ringers.| www.visitypres.be

16 August 2014 – 17 August 2014 ZonnebekePasschendaele Memorial Cricket Cup (to be confirmed)International cricket teams will take part in the first ‘Passchendaele Memorial Cricket Cup’. | www.passchendaele.be

6 September 2014 – 5 September 2015 PoperingeL.69 - The railway line from Poperinge to HazebrouckA tangled logistical network of railway lines and sidings, linked to the transport stories of troops, munitions, refugees, stores, the sick and the wounded. | www.lijssenthoek.be/en

October 2014 – November 2014

Zonnebeke, Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917Exhibition ‘The Old Contemptibles’| www.passchendaele.be

1O October 2014 – 4 January 2015 Ieper, In Flanders Fields MuseumHistoric Exhibition ‘The Battle of the Yser and the First Battle of Ypres’Photography Exhibition ‘Retrospective Maurice and Robert Antony’| www.inflandersfields.be

10 October 2014 – 15 November 2018 Diksmuide, Museum aan de IJzerExhibition: ‘The Battle of the IJzer and the Battle of Diksmuide’| www.greatwarcentenary.be

17 October 2014At various locations in the Westhoek.Light Front ’14 & the List of Names 8,750 torch-bearers will light up the old front line of November 1914 from Nieuwpoort on the North Sea Coast to Ploegsteert (Plugstreet) near the French border. At the same time, a list of names of the victims of the war will be projected on three symbolic towers: the Belfry in Ieper, the Ijzer Tower in Diksmuide and the King Albert I Memorial in Nieuwpoort. The evening will be rounded off in Nieuwpoort with a concert by Arno and with the opening of the new visitors’ centre at the ‘De Ganzenpoot’ lock complex. | www.gonewest.be

8 November 2014 Diksmuide Concert ‘The Fall of Diksmuide’Numerous activities during the day, rounded off with a unique musical creation by the German musicians of Einstürzende Neubauten.| www.gonewest.be

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11 November 2014 IeperArmistice & Concert ‘The Great War Remembered’| www.lastpost.be

14 November 2014 – 31 December 2014 Poperinge, Talbot HouseExhibition ‘Dove-Mythologies 2014-2018’Artist Raoul Servais explores four unusual wartime myths in drawings, water colours and animatics.| www.talbothouse.be

18 & 20 December 2014Christmas TruceChristmas Truce, a sudden armistice between German, British and French soldiers, inspires folk artist Alan Stivell to create new work. On 20 December the legendary John Cale will give a concert in Mesen, combining new work with his well-known songs. | www.gonewest.be

19 December 2014 – 21 December 2014Ieper (football stadium VK Westhoek) & MesenFlanders Peace Field - Christmas Truce EventFootball competition|www.greatwarcentenary.be

22 December 2014 Ieper, CathedralChristmas Truce: The Best Christmas Present in the WorldVirginia McKenna& The Voices at the Door (consisting of Coope, Boyes and Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes) will introduce ‘The Best Christmas Present in The World’. This performance is based on >> >> new textual material from the British

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writer Michael Morpurgo, also known from the book and movie ‘War Horse’.| www.gonewest.be

May 2015 - July 2015 Poperinge, near Lijssenthoek CemeteryMusical production ‘Lijssenthoek Terminus’A unique musical performance where personal WWI stories linked to the cemetery are central to the performance.| www.lijssenthoek.be/en

LONG RuNNING EVENTSThe Last PostThe Last Post is played at 8 o'clock sharp every evening under the Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper. This ceremony, the traditional salute to the fallen, is conducted in honour of the memory of the soldiers of the then British Empire and their allies who died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War.| www.lastpost.be

Coming World/ Remember meVisitors are invited to take part in this plastic arts project organized by GoneWest, by making a figure out of clay. These figures will serve as a tribute to the 600,000 victims who died in Belgium during the First World War. At the end of the 2014-2018 remembrance period, the 600,000 figures will all be displayed in the Palingbeek provincial park. | www.gonewest.be

Events in Antwerp

2014All information in English - www.antwerpen1914-1918.be - greatwar@provant.be

28 March – 30 June 2014

Central Exhibition: “The siege of Antwerp 1914”This exhibition tells the exciting story of the city of Antwerp as the final refuge for the Belgian army, the government and the royal family. We discover how the soldiers in the fortifications tried to stop the German army and how Winston Churchill came to Antwerp to ask if they could hold the line a little longer…| Address of exhibition: KBC-towerSchoenmarkt 352000 AntwerpInfo: Project team – Antwerp 1914-1918www.antwerpen1914-1918.be greatwar@provant.beTel. 00 32 3 240 55 61

4 May 2014 - 11 January 2015Exhibition Middelheim Museum: “Signed, the artist”This open air exhibition illustrates how artists tried to continue their work during WWI.| Middelheim MuseumMiddelheimlaan 612020 AntwerpTel. 00 32 3 288 33 60 middelheimmuseum@stad.antwerpen.be

18 May 2014Launch event: “Antwerpen 1914-1918”In and around the fortifications of Antwerp you can discover all the initiatives for the commemoration of the Great War in our region. This family-day is the perfect occasion to discover the fortifications by foot, bike or car. Concerts, fairs, guided tours in the fortifications, activities for kids and a lot more.| Project team – Antwerp 1914-1918www.antwerpen1914-1918.be greatwar@provant.beTel. 00 32 3 240 55 61 20 May 2014 – April 2015

Exhibition MAS: “Exodus: on the run for war”This exhibition tells the story of over a million people who tried to escape the violence of war during the invasion of the German army.| MAS | Museum at the StreamHanzestedenplaats 12000 Antwerp Tel. 00 32 3 338 44 00 mas@stad.antwerpen.be

27 June – 11 November 2014Exhibition Photo Museum: “Shooting Range”Did you know that the first World War was the first large conflict that used images as a weapon? Photography was a powerful tool in the propaganda used by all nations involved. This dramatically changed the role of photography and how we look at war then and today.| Photo MuseumWaalsekaai 472000 AntwerpTel. 00 32 3 242 93 00info@fotografie.provant.be

20 September 2014 - 11 January 2015 Exhibition The Moderns : “Art during the Great War”The effect of World War One on the lives and work of artists, writers and poets. | Address of exhibition:Koningin FabiolazaalJezusstraat 28 2000 AntwerpInfo: Royal museum of fine artsLange Kievitstraat 111-113 box 100 2018 Antwerp Tel. 00 32 3 224 95 50 www.kmska.bewww.letterenhuis.be

26 September 2014 – 6 April 2015

Exhibition Red Star Line Museum: “Belgian immigrants in America during WWI”| Red Star Line MuseumMontevideostraat 32000 AntwerpenTel. 00 32 3 206 03 50redstarline@stad.antwerpen.be

3 - 5 October 2014Event Pontoon brigde across the Schelde.The army will rebuild the pontoon bridge across the schelde river te reconstruct the way the Belgian army and citizens escaped the fallen city of Antwerp. | VredescentrumTel. 00 32 3 292 36 52info@vredescentrum.be

Events Nord

March 2014ArmentièresWalk on the front line along the River Lys.

18 July 2014Opening of the Battle of Fromelles museum for the 98th anniversary.The new museum project presents a part of the collection of the FWTM 14-18 (Association Fromelles-Weppes – Terre de Mémoire 14-18) and other collections. The project is made possible through the support of local authorities and the French and Australian governments and includes objects loaned by the Australian Government. It will reflect the archaeology of the site of the mass graves at Pheasants Wood, an extraordinary discovery.

End August – early September 2014 Centenary of the siege of Maubeuge (FRANCE) and the Battle of Le Cateau >> >> Cambrésis (united Kingdom).

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Major Sites: - Fort de Leveau – Feignies : bridge destroyed during the bombing restored for the 100th anniversary of the battle- German Military Cemetery in Le Cateau-Cambrésis

18 October 2014The Chain of Memory and Peace – Weppes country It will cover a route of 10 kms along the front line and will commemorate the centenary of the Battle of La Bassée which marked the beginning of the German occupation of the Weppes area.The Chain of Memory perpetuates the First World War heritage in the Weppes and rehabilitates a part of the “forgotten” front line. This project was awarded the Mission Centenaire label.| Pays de Weppes Tourist Officepaysdeweppes@gmail.com

7 - 11 November 2014Remembrance walk from Ypres to Albert. Stop in Fromelles area 8 NovemberA four days’ walk in the traces of the First World War from Ypres to Albert. In 2014, the fourth such walk will stop over in the Pays de Weppes on its First World War Men and Landscapes discovery trail. Option of the whole four days’ walk or that one day only.

19 July 2016Centenary of the Battle of Fromelles (AUSTRALIA GREAT BRITAIN)Major sites: - Fromelles Australian Memorial Park- Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery – Fromelles

November 2016 or 2017

Opening of the Battle of Cambrai museum

20 November 2017Centenary of the Battle of Cambrai(UK – GERMANY)Major Sites: - Louverval Military Cemetery and Cambrai Memorial – Doignies- German Military Cemetery of Solesmes – Cambrai- The Flesquières Tank

9 April 2018TBC: Centenary of the Lys Battle (PORTUGAL – GERMANY - UK - FRANCE)Major Sites: - Portuguese Military Cemetery, Richebourg- Portuguese Cemetery, La Couture- Towns of Béthune, Bailleul, Armentières

4 November 2018Centenary of the liberation of Le Quesnoy (NEW ZEALAND) and the death of Wilfred Owen, poet (UK)Major Sites: - Le Quesnoy New Zealand Memorial- Ors Communal Cemetery – Maison Forestière Wilfred OwenRemembrance walk: following in the footsteps of Wilfred Owen

TEMPORARY ExHIBITIONS

1 February - 31 December 20142014: The coalming area at the heart of the conflictsEver since, the Nord-Pas de Calais’ coalmining belt has been swept by the successive conflicts of the Revolution, the Empire, two World Wars and even the war in Algeria.Spread over three centuries, these conflicts had dire and lasting consequences for the mining belt’s inhabitants, who were forced

to undergo the sufferings of war and difficulties in getting about and finding food while continuing to work, but who also rose up in revolt, who resisted and who endeavoured to live their lives in spite of everything. | Museum of Mining History - Lewarde

September 2014Cambrai, Musée municipalCaricature during the Great War (portrayals of the enemy), in collaboration with the Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne. 11 October 2014 - 30 September 2015 Living behind the lines during the Great WarBailleul, a town in Flanders, from August 1914 to December 1917On 8 October 1914, 48,000 Germantroops and 16,000 horses invaded thetown, with a traumatic effect on the localpopulation. On 14 October, Britishtroops drove off the German army andBailleul served as a forward base forthe British military during the war.Paintings, prints, drawings, photographs,ceramics, archived documents andaudiovisual material seek to take us into theprivate lives of a number of families and tell us about their struggle to continue everyday life in times of war.| Musée Benoît-De-Puydt - Bailleul

Spring or autumn 2016 Lille à l’heure allemandeA look at everyday lifeAs part of the official commemorations of the centenary of the First World War, this exhibition “War on War” tells the story of the painful disillusion which set in and expresses the viewpoint of German artists which bore a singular resemblance to that of their French counterparts.

The exhibition will bring together a significant selection of around one hundred and fifty works mainly from German public collections, with large numbers of engravings alongside around fifteen paintings. Painting was not, for obvious physical reasons, a medium much used by soldier artists and drawings produced on the front line therefore take pride of place in the exhibition, which will consist of four sections depicting the various artistic and stylistic aspects favoured by this generation of artists.| Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse - LillePalais des beaux Arts - Lille

Summer 2014Eric Poitevin. Le chemin des hommes.Éric Poitevin is one of the most important photographers on the French artistic scene.Devoting his attention to both the landscape and the human figure, he has produced portraits of almost all remaining survivors of the First World War. In 1985, at the age of twenty-four, Eric embarked on a tour of France during which he produced, in workshops and photographic studios, portraits of people who, he says, “have almost all of them elected to say nothing, because when violence reaches such a level it is as if one was coming back from a trip into space or somewhere else.” The result is a series of a hundred portraits of great restraint, a hundred figures all sharing the same format and composition, in which each soldier stands out in all his simplicity and dignity against a black background.| LaM - Villeneuve d’Ascq

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