First World War Centenary News Archive

April 4, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

St. Symphorien cemetery in Belgium: preparing for shared First World War remembrance on August 4

Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, visits St.Symphorien military cemetery in Belgium as it prepares for commemorations on 4th August 2014 marking the start of the First World War 100 years ago.

April 5, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

British minister plants poppies in Brussels in memory of First World War nurse Edith Cavell

British government minister, Mark Simmonds, has planted poppies at the Brussels memorial to Edith Cavell, the nurse executed by the Germans in 1915 for helping Allied soldiers to escape.

April 6, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

St. Symphorien in Belgium: preparing for shared First World War remembrance on August 4

Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, visits St.Symphorien military cemetery in Belgium as it prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

April 6, 2014 CN Editorial TeamArticles

St. Symphorien in Belgium: preparing for shared First World War remembrance on August 4

Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, visits St.Symphorien military cemetery in Belgium as it prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

April 7, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Australia and New Zealand announce results of ballots for Gallipoli 2015 Anzac Day tickets

Australians and New Zealanders who’ve been successful in ballots for tickets to the Centenary Anzac Day service at Gallipoli in 2015 have been notified by their governments.

April 8, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

The UK’s minister in charge of First World War Centenary resigns

The Cabinet minister in charge of the UK government’s First World War Centenary programme, Maria Miller, has resigned after a row about her expenses.

April 8, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

New poll highlights many Canadians are unaware of the Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Vimy Foundation has commissioned a new poll, carried out by Ipsos Reid, which shows that just under half of Canadians can correctly identify that the Battle of Vimy Ridge took place during the First World War.

April 8, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

£5 million grant helps birthplace of First World War Wellington boot

A former factory which made more than a million pairs of Wellington boots for soldiers in the First World War is a step closer to being saved after receiving a lottery grant.