First World War Centenary News Archive

Airfix’s WW1 Models for the Centenary

Special commemorative centenary models are to be created by Airfix for the Centenary.

Artistic Director of the theatre, Barrie Rutter, has announced that he has commissioned a play for 2014.

Malcolm Goode, a Staffordshire military historian, is writing a book to commemorate the centenary.

Create and locate your own WW1 collections with HistoryPin by ‘pinning your history to the world’.

This project in La Boisselle, France is an investigation into the ‘Glory Hole’, as British troops nicknamed the area.

A religious community is trying to raise funds to build a memorial tower to commemorate the centenary of WW1.

A Society dedicated to promoting the academic study of the First World War worldwide.

A newly-formed association will create an international database on Russia’s role in WW1.

The last known surviving service member of World War I has died aged 110.

Russell Briggs, Director of War Memorial and Commemoration in New Zeland, announces Centenary plans.