First World War Centenary News Archive

November 2, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

UK honours Indian soldiers who fought for Britain in First World War

British ministers have led tributes to Indian soldiers who fought in the First World War at ceremonies in Delhi and London.

November 3, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Vu du Front’ – Major Centenary exhibition at the Army Museum, Paris

A major exhibition in Paris, looking at the portrayal of the First World War by those who went to the Front, runs at the Army Museum in Les Invalides until January 25th 2014.

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

“A Sociedade e a Grande Guerra” – “The Great War and Society” seminar at Lisbon University

An international seminar, “A Sociedade e a Grande Guerra” or “The Great War and Society” will take place at the Faculty of Letters, Lisbon University, Portugal, on November 13th 2014.

End Date: 13 Nov 2014

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Event at Flanders House in New York – screening of Pershing’s Last Patriot

Pershing’s Last Patriot, The Story of Frank W. Buckles, America’s Last Veteran of World War I, directed by David DeJonge, is to screen at Flanders House in New York on Thursday, November 13th 2014 at 6.30pm.

End Date: 13 Nov 2014

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Conference at Austrian Parliament pays tribute to the women of First World War

A conference at the Austrian Parliament on October 30th 2014 heard a call for women to be remembered for their role in the First World War.

November 4, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Centenary update: First Anzac convoy remembered in Albany, Australia

Tens of thousands of people joined First World War commemorations in Albany, Western Australia, from October 30th-November 2nd 2014, marking the departure of the first Australian and New Zealand troop convoy in 1914.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918)’ Exhibition at the Joan Miró Foundation

The Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona presents ‘Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918),’ an exhibition that aims to represent the visual Barcelona during the period of the First World War.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

UK cultural institutions are displaying blank paper in their exhibitions to protest restrictive copyright protection laws. The campaign is calling on the UK Government to reduce the term of copyright protection in certain unpublished works.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

From the author: notes on David Hynes’ poetry collection ‘This Thing of Memory’

This Thing of Memory is a new volume of poems by David Hynes, examining the impact of the First World War. The author, David Hynes, has written about his motivation and approach to this collection for Centenary News.

Author: David Hynes

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Flanders House promotes the 2014 publication of ‘Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918’

Centenary News writer Jillian Davidson attended a Flanders House NY book launch for Ed and Libby Klekowski’s new publication, Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918.

Author: Jillian Davidson