First World War Centenary News Archive

May 19, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Giant painting of First World War naval commanders restored to view at London’s National Portrait Gallery

A vast painting of Britain’s First World War naval commanders is back on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London for the first time since the 1960s.

May 19, 2014 CN Editorial TeamBooks

Some Desperate Glory: The First World War the Poets Knew

Publisher’s description: While the First World War devastated Europe, it inspired profound poetry – words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle are evoked perhaps more vividly than anywhere else. In Some Desperate Glory, historian and biographer Max Egremont gives us a transfiguring look at their life and work.

Publication Date: 08 May 2014

Author: Max Egremont

May 20, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

New Zealand locomotive ‘Passchendaele’ returns to active service for First World War Centenary

A steam locomotive named ‘Passchendaele’ in memory of New Zealand Railways staff who died in the First World War has been restored in time for the Centenary.

May 20, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Australian Government commits $6.9 million to Western Front Interpretive Centre at Villers-Bretonneux

The Australian Government has committed $6.9 million for a Western Front Interpretive Centre at Villers-Bretonneux, in the first budget of Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

May 21, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

First World War Centenary garden ‘No Man’s Land’ at Chelsea Flower Show

ABF – The Soldier’s Charity has developed a special garden for the 2014 Chelsea Flower Show to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

May 22, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Book of First World War newspapers will teach children about the Centenary

The UK’s largest private archive of historical newspapers is offering a free booklet of First World War newspapers to show how the conflict was reported at the time.

May 22, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Heritage chief becomes first woman to lead Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has appointed Victoria Wallace, Chief Executive of Leeds Castle, as its next Director General. She succeeds Alan Pateman-Jones who’s standing down in June 2014.

May 23, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Join leading writers in sending letters to an Unknown Soldier and create “snapshot” of First World War Centenary for future generations

People are being invited to join leading writers in sending letters to an Unknown Soldier to express their feelings about the First World War and be part ofa Centenary memorial.

May 23, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Medals on show at The British Museum reveal German view of First World War

As part of the First World War Centenary commemorations, the British Museum in London is looking at the German experience of the conflict with an exhibition of medals made by artists.

May 23, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

First World War European Tourism Fair, Italy

A First World War 'Tourism Fair' will take place in Gorizia, northern Italy, where tourism sites and locations associated with the conflict will be able to promote their plans to mark the Centenary.

End Date: 25 May 2014