First World War Centenary News Archive

March 18, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

British First World War soldiers reburied at Loos, France

Twenty British First World War soldiers were reinterred in northern France last week, almost 100 years after they were killed.

March 19, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

World Poetry Day launch for international Centenary cultural events and performances

The impact of the poetry and literature of the First World War is to be examined in a wide programme of international cultural events and performances.

March 19, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

M Van, Museum Leuven putting on ‘Ravage’, a temporary exhibition on the atrocities of war

M Van is holding a temporary exhibition in 2014, which focuses on the concept of 'Ravage', or destruction incurred by the First World War.

End Date: 01 Oct 2014

March 20, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Jewish experiences of the First World War explored at new London exhibition

The Jewish Museum London and the Jewish Military Museum have opened a new exhibition exploring the Jewish experience of the First World War.

March 20, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Canadian symposium to mark First World War Centenary

The World Heritage Tourism Research Network at Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada, is hosting a two day symposium on “the First World War, Remembrance, Commemoration and Perspectives in the 21st Century”.

End Date: 17 May 2014

March 20, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Commonwealth War Graves Commission launches ‘Virtual Cemetery’ teaching resource for Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched a new education resource, which aims to help teachers engage students during the First World War Centenary.

March 20, 2014 CN Editorial TeamResources

Commonwealth War Graves Commission ‘Virtual Cemetery’ teaching resource

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched a new education resource, which aims to help teachers engage students during the First World War Centenary.

March 21, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Lecture: ‘Belgian Neutrality & the British Decision for War’

Beyond the 1914-1918 Centenary is organising a series of lectures in Brussels to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

March 22, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

British Ministry of Defence identifies ten First World War soldiers

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has successfully identified ten soldiers who died during the First World War, after analysis of DNA samples from relatives of the men.

March 23, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

e-books of letters of nine men killed in the First World War reveal their stories from the Front

Private letters show the true feelings of men who died and tell the unfolding story of the First World War, explains Centenary News contributor Mark Tanner.

Author: Mark Tanner