First World War Centenary News Archive

March 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Conference: ‘World War and International Relations’, Lisbon

The Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa is hosting an international conference exploring the impact that the First World War had on international relations.

End Date: 03 Jul 2014

March 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Battlefield tactics revealed in latest online First World War diaries from UK National Archives

A second batch of almost 4,000 digitised First World War unit diaries from France and Flanders have been put online by the National Archives in London.

March 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Archives of Ontario exhibits First World War love letters

The Archives of Ontario, Canada, has developed the first in a series of exhibitions which will explore the impact of the First World War on the state’s people.

March 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

‘Schools and the Great War Centenary’ conference, Wellington College

Wellington College in England is organising a conference entitled: 'Schools and the Great War Centenary: How Schools Should Best Prepare', with speakers including the UK's Special Representative for the Centenary, Sir Hew Strachan and Jeremy Paxman.

March 14, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Conference: ‘The First World War: Local, Global and Imperial Perspectives’, Australia

The University of Newcastle in Australia is organising a conference considering the local, global and imperial perspectives of the First World War.

End Date: 28 Mar 2015

March 14, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Tower of London to mark First World War Centenary with more than 800,000 ceramic poppies

The Tower of London has announced that it will mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War with an art installation and programme of events.

March 15, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

National World War I Museum: ‘On the Brink: A Month That Changed the World’

The National World War I Museum in Kansas City, USA, is holding a special exhibition which will explore how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 left the world "on the brink" of war.

March 16, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

First World War training trenches found in Northern Ireland

Trenches used to prepare soldiers for the Western Front have been discovered at a British Army training ground in Northern Ireland.

March 17, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Royal Mail announces five-year programme to commemorate First World War Centenary

The UK’s Royal Mail has announced that it will produce 30 special Centenary stamps between 2014-18 to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

March 18, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

New board to oversee Anzac Centenary Public Fund

It has been announced that a new five member board will oversee the operation of Australia’s Anzac Centenary Public Fund.