First World War Centenary News Archive

March 31, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

New details of German poison gas attack against Irish First World War soldiers

Journalist Ronan McGreevy of The Irish Times reports that new details have been released by the UK National Archives on a German gas attack on Irish First World War soldiers.

March 31, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Royal Australian Mint launches ‘Lest We Forget’ Centenary coin

The Royal Australian Mint has launched a new triangular coin to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War.

March 31, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

‘Art and heritage in times of conflict’, M van Museum Leuven, Belgium

The M van Museum Leuven, Belgium, is to host an exhibition entitled 'Art and heritage in times of conflict'.

End Date: 01 Sep 2014

April 1, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

English football chiefs visit France to remember the dead of the First World War

Senior English football representatives have visited Northern France to pay tribute to the players, officials and fans who fought and died in the First World War.

April 1, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

British and Irish ministers lay foundation stone for Cross of Sacrifice at Glasnevin Cemetery

British and Irish ministers have laid the foundation stone for the Cross of Sacrifice which will be constructed at a Dublin cemetery.

April 1, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

“Carnets de Notes”, a concert-lecture that will tour from April 2014

This concert-lecture, organised by TM+, will commence in April 2014 and will use two different types of media concerning the war in order to give a realistic feel of the First World War.

End Date: 01 Sep 2014

April 2, 2014 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Professor Gary Sheffield blogs about the UK’s ‘lights out’ Centenary plan

Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, Gary Sheffield, has blogged about an initiative which calls on Britons to turn off their ligths to mark the Centenary.

April 2, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Food and the First World War symposium, Liverpool

Liverpool Hope University, England, will host a one day symposium exploring 'Food and the First World War'.

End Date: 02 Apr 2014

April 3, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Work to rebuild British First World War cemetery underway in Poland

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is rebuilding a cemetery in Poland where 39 British soldiers were buried during the First World War.

April 3, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Exhibition: ‘Doomsday – Jewish Life and Death in World War I’, Vienna

The Jewish Museum in Vienna will explore the "grave consequences" for the Jews which came with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in an exhibition.