Families can remember for forever their ancestors who served in the First World War in what is being billed as the biggest online project of the Centenary.
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Replica trench system to be constructed in New Zealand granted $156,000
Plans to construct a First World War replica trench system to mark the Centenary of the conflict have received a $156,000 boost.
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Plans for restored London First World War bus to return to France and Belgium
A First World War London open-topped bus has been restored with the aim of returning it to the battlefields of France and Belgium in a “magical” Centenary tour.
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Plans for restored London First World War bus to return to France and Belgium
A First World War London open-topped bus has been restored with the aim of returning it to the battlefields of France and Belgium in a “magical” Centenary tour.
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President of Portugal’s Centenary Commission speaks to Centenary News
The President of Portugal’s First World War Centenary Commission, Lieutenant-General Mário de Oliveira Cardoso, has spoken to Centenary News about his country’s plans to mark the Centenary.
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‘Twin Portraits’ of First World War soldier reunited at Jerwood Gallery
Jerwood Gallery in Hastings, England, has been lent a second portrait of the First World War soldier Norman Kohnstamm, reuniting the portraits after almost one hundred years.
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President of Portugal’s Centenary Commission talks to Centenary News
The President of Portugal’s First World War Centenary Commission, Lieutenant-General Mário de Oliveira Cardoso, has spoken to Centenary News about his country’s plans to mark the Centenary.
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President of Portugal’s Centenary Commission talks to Centenary News
The President of Portugal’s First World War Centenary Commission, Lieutenant-General Mário de Oliveira Cardoso, has spoken to Centenary News about his country’s plans to mark the Centenary.
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Centenary News in Brief: 9th – 16th May 2014
Centenary News in brief this week includes: a new exhibition on ‘Portugal and the Great War’ at the National Library of Portugal; a talk on Ottoman Perspectives of the conflict at Zurich University; a petition in the UK for Edith Cavell to feature on the £2 coin; and a Centenary conference at Georgia Fwinnett College, America.
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RAF Museum creates new exhibition to tell the ‘often overlooked’ story of air power in the First World War
The Royal Air Force Museum is developing a new exhibition to explore the growth of air power in the First World War, from early reconnaissance flights to the coordinated use of aircraft and artillery.
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