First World War Centenary News Archive

July 4, 2014 CN Editorial TeamVideos

Royal British Legion video encourages ‘lights out’ for Centenary

The Royal British Legion has released a video which encourages people to take part in the 'lights out' mass commemoration on the 4th August 2014.

July 5, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Executed nurse Edith Cavell to feature on UK First World War Centenary coin

Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed during the First World War, is to be commemorated on a new £5 Centenary coin.

July 6, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Welsh churches apologise for “perversion of Jesus’ message” during First World War

The Union of Welsh Independent Churches has apologised for the role it played in encouraging men to enlist to fight during the First World War.

July 6, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

New York Historical Society marks Centenary of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Dr. Jillian Davidson writes about the impact of the First World War on the Jews and expresses her opinions on the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Author: Dr. Jillian Davidson

July 6, 2014 CN Editorial TeamArticles

‘If the U.S. Had Not Entered World War I, Would There Have Been a World War II?’

An article in New Republic considers the implications of America's entry into the First World War and the potential role this played in causing the Second World War.

July 6, 2014 CN Editorial TeamArticles

New York Historical Society marks Centenary of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Dr. Jillian Davidson writes about the impact of the First World War on the Jews and expresses her opinions on the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

July 7, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Queen honours First World War volunteers on Centenary of Archduke’s assassination

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have paid tribute to the thousands of men and women who volunteered during the First World War at a ceremony at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

July 7, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

German President warns of Europe’s challenges in First World War Centenary year

German President Joachim Gauck has urged Europe to ‘stand up with self-confidence for all that unites us’ in a speech marking the Centenary of the First World War.

July 7, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Model project to remember every First World War serviceman from East Belfast

Historian Jason Burke writes for Centenary News about a project to compile a database of every serviceman from East Belfast who served in the First World War and the hope it will be a model for others.

Author: Jason Burke

July 7, 2014 CN Editorial TeamVideos

Wallace and Gromit creators make film for Imperial War Museum

Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman have made a short film, Flight of the Stories, to mark the re-opening of the Imperial War Museum's galleries in London.