The Guardian online First World War documentary, published in 2014, is available in 7 different languages, with the voices of 10 historians from across the world.
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The UK National Archives releases interactive online map to reveal the global reach of the First World War
Launched in the summer of 2014, First World War: A Global View, is part of UK’s National Archives’ ongoing Centenary programme. First World War 100 is designed to help members of the public search through First World War records.
Continue reading‘Light Front 14’ – Torchlight remembrance of the Western Front in Belgium
Thousands of flaming torches will light up the former Western Front in Belgium on October 17th 2014, commemorating the line as it stood 100 years ago.
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Latest news from ‘Light Front’ – Belgium remembers the Centenary by torchlight
Centenary News reports from ‘Light Front’, the torchlight event in Western Flanders on October 17th 2014, remembering the First World War battles which engulfed the region 100 years ago.
Continue readingFirst World War Sikh and Commonwealth soldiers remembered at Leicester University
Sikh and Commonwealth soldiers who fought for Britain in the First World War will be remembered in a lecture series at Leicester University on October 18th 2014.
Continue readingHuman chain to remember France’s ‘forgotten front’
A human chain will line up across former battlefields in Northern France on October 18th 2014 to highlight a 'forgotten front' of the First World War.
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Menin Gate Lions arrive at Canadian War Museum for ‘Fighting in Flanders’ exhibition
Australia’s Menin Gate Lions have been unveiled at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, where they will feature in a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.
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100 Years Ago: First Battle of Ypres starts
The historic Belgian town of Ypres became the focus of a protracted battle between the Allied and German armies in the latter half of October 1914.
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‘Menin Gate at Midnight’ – a personal view by Christopher J. Harvie
CN writer Christopher J. Harvie, discusses ‘Menin Gate at Midnight’, the William Longstaff painting on loan to the Canadian War Museum for ‘Fighting in Flanders-Gas. Mud. Memory,’ a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.
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‘Menin Gate at Midnight’ – a personal view by Christopher J. Harvie
CN writer Christopher J. Harvie, discusses 'Menin Gate at Midnight', the William Longstaff painting on loan to the Canadian War Museum for 'Fighting in Flanders-Gas. Mud. Memory,' a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.
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