First World War Centenary News Archive

February 4, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago Today: Germany intensifies U-boat war

Germany stepped up its submarine campaign, with a warning on February 4th 1915 that all merchant ships in the seas around the British Isles risked attack without warning.

February 7, 2015 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes

7th February 1915: Germany started a second offensive against the Russian Army in the Masurian Lakes region of East Prussia (now Poland).

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Launch of new website for information on all UK war memorials

Britain’s First World War Minister, Helen Grant, has announced a four-year programme to create ukwarmemorials.org, a ‘one stop shop’ for information on all UK war memorials.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site

The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

‘World War I: War of Images, Images of War’ exhibition showing at the Getty Center

CN writer, Jillian Davidson, visited the Getty Center in Los Angeles and gives an account of its centenary exhibition, ‘World War I: War of Images, Images of War.’

Author: Jillian Davidson

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial TeamArticles

‘World War I: War of Images, Images of War’ exhibition showing at the Getty Center

CN writer, Jillian Davidson, visited the Getty Center in Los Angeles and gives an account of its centenary exhibition, 'World War I: War of Images, Images of War.'

February 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Armenia makes Centenary call for Turkey to recognise 1915 killings as genocide

Armenia issued a Centenary declaration on January 29th 2015, repeating demands for Turkey to recognise the killing of Armenians during the First World War as genocide.

February 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamResources

64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site

The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict

February 11, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Legacy of First World War Scottish bagpipers explored in Sutherland

Musicians and researchers in the north of Scotland are working together to explore the role of music, particularly the bagpipes, during the First World War.

February 12, 2015 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

The first six months of the Centenary of the First World War: the story so far

The Centenary News Editor writes a personal blog looking back over the first 6 months of the Centenary of the First World War – and looking forward to the key events coming up in 2015.

Author: Nigel Dacre