First World War Centenary News Archive

March 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

Leeds remembers Indian student who fought as Yorkshire volunteer

Historians have shed new light on the story of the only Indian soldier among a group of Yorkshire volunteers who fought on the Western Front. Peter Alhadeff reports.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

March 9, 2015 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Leeds remembers Indian student who fought as Yorkshire volunteer

Historians have shed new light on the story of the only Indian soldier among a group of Yorkshire volunteers who fought on the Western Front. Peter Alhadeff reports.

March 10, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Neuve Chapelle

Britain launched its first set-piece offensive on the Western Front on March 10th 1915, attacking the Germans at Neuve Chapelle in Northern France.

March 10, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Neuve Chapelle Centenary: Britain’s tribute to Indian forces

As well as India’s Centenary commemorations, Britain also honoured the First World War role of Indian soldiers on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.

March 10, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

ACMI exhibition, War Pictures: Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918

To commemorate the Centenary of the First World War, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), in association with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, will present 'War Pictures: Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918'.

End Date: 10 Mar 2015

March 10, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Battle of Neuve Chapelle Centenary: France pays tribute to role of Indian troops

Events start in France on March 10th 2015 to remember the Indian soldiers who fought alongside the British Army at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 100 years ago.

End Date: 29 Mar 2015

March 10, 2015 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: Battle of Neuve Chapelle

10th March 1915: Britain launched its first set-piece offensive on the Western Front, attacking the Germans at Neuve Chapelle in Northern France.

March 11, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

India honours its First World War soldiers

India’s President and Prime Minister have led Centenary tributes in Delhi to the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who fought on the Allied side in the First World War.

March 13, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Neuve Chapelle Centenary: India tribute in France

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is urging people to remember India’s First World War sacrifice, as commemorations are held today (March 13th 2015) to mark the centenary of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.

March 13, 2015 CN Editorial TeamBooks

Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915

Publisher’s Description:’The Eastern Front in World War I has been neglected for too long. Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915 is the first English-language study of the first of the great breakthrough battles of the war—one of the Great War’s critical campaigns.

Publication Date: 20 May 2010

Author: Richard DiNardo