First World War Centenary News Archive

February 24, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Appeal finds family of Royal Navy’s first Great War Victoria Cross winner

A public appeal in the UK has successfully traced descendants of the first member of the Royal Navy to receive the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

February 25, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Blog chronicling 100 New Zealand World War One memorials

Helen Vail has visited 100 of New Zealand’s WWI memorials and collected information and stories of the men and women who gave their lives. She shares these accounts on her blog.

February 26, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Italy: Photo display captures sites of the Alpine war

An exhibition of photos focussing on landmarks of the Alpine war between Italy and Austria-Hungary can be seen at the Italian War History Museum in Rovereto until April 19th 2015.

February 28, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Gallipoli Centenary: Wellington’s Anzac Week events unveiled

New Zealand has announced plans for an ‘historic’ week of Anzac commemorations in Wellington to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landings, starting on April 18th 2015.

March 1, 2015 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Jerusalem conference remembers the First World War and its impact on the Jewish world’

A conference “A World in Turmoil: World War I and its Impact on the Jewish World” has been held at Efrata College of Education in Jerusalem on February 26, 2015.

Author: Jillian Davidson

March 1, 2015 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Jerusalem conference remembers the First World War and its impact on the Jewish world’

A conference “A World in Turmoil: World War I and its Impact on the Jewish World” has been held at Efrata College of Education in Jerusalem on February 26, 2015.

March 2, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘The Home Front, 1917’ – Exhibition recalls pride and protest in First World War Canada

A new exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa focuses on the domestic demands of the First World War, culminating in a political crisis over conscription.