First World War Centenary News Archive

October 11, 2014 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Centenary of ‘Race to the Sea’ and ‘Mademoiselle from Armentières’ remembered in France

The 100th anniversary of the battles known as the 'Race to the Sea' will be remembered with a historical re-enactment in the French town of Armentières on October 11th and 12th 2014.

October 12, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Memory and the Education of Memory : Canada and the First World War Symposium

The ‘Canada and the First World War’ Symposium was held in Toronto on the 28th September 2014 – attended by some of Canada’s leading experts on military history.

Author: Christopher J Harvie

October 12, 2014 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Memory and the Education of Memory : Canada and the First World War Symposium

The 'Canada and the First World War' Symposium was held in Toronto on the 28th September 2014 – attended by some of Canada's leading experts on military history.

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

£92,000 UK lottery grant announced for project remembering Edith Cavell

The story of the executed First World War Nurse, Edith Cavell, is to be told by the Cavell Nurses’ Trust with a grant totalling almost £92,000 from the UK Heritage Lottery Fund.

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago Today: Lille occupied

The French city of Lille fell to the German Army on October 13th 1914 after coming under attack in the fighting known as the ‘Race to the Sea.”

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

The first English League footballer killed in action in 1914: told by the Western Front Association

The Western Front Association tells the story of Larrett Roebuck, the first English League footballer killed in France 100 years ago.

Author: Western Front Association

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas August 1914

Captain Cuthbert Lucas’s arrival in France was obviously an auspicious one. Very much the advance party for the BEF, he had been sent to provide the coordination for the successful disembarkation.

Author: Steve Warburton

October 13, 2014 CN Editorial TeamArticles