First World War Centenary News Archive

May 18, 2015 CN Editorial TeamUncategorized

Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM

The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors have been added to the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' memorial website.

May 18, 2015 CN Editorial TeamResources

Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM

The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors have been added to the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' memorial website.

May 18, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Art installation honours teenage war dead

An art installion, created as part of the Belper Arts Festival, remembers local teenagers who fought and died during the First World War.

End Date: 30 Jun 2015

May 18, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

‘Sand and Snow: Global War 1915’ exhibition opens in United States

"The special exhibition Sand to Snow: Global War 1915 examines the vast reach of this worldwide conflict, and runs from May 2015 – April 2016 at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri."

End Date: 30 Apr 2016

May 19, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Eight Canadian First World War soldiers reburied on the Somme

Eight Canadian soldiers have been reburied with full military honours in France, almost a century after they were killed in the closing months of the First World War.

May 22, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago Today: More than 200 British troops die in train disaster

A troop train crashed in the worst rail disaster in UK history, near Gretna in Scotland, on May 22nd 1915.

May 22, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Centenary Update on remembering the Gretna troop train crash

Princess Anne attends commemorations in Scotland on May 22nd/23rd 2015 marking the centenary of the rail disaster which killed more than 200 troops.

May 22, 2015 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Scotland marks 100th anniversary of Gretna troop train disaster

The worst rail disaster in UK history will be remembered on May 22/23rd as part of Scotland's First World War Centenary commemorations in 2015.

End Date: 23 May 2015

May 22, 2015 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: More than 200 British troops die in train crash

22nd May 1915: A troop train crashed in the worst rail disaster in UK history, near Gretna in Scotland.

May 23, 2015 CN Editorial TeamNews

Commemoration event held to mark the Quintinshill rail disaster

The centenary of the Quintinshill rail disaster was commemorated today in Gretna in Scotland at an event attended by Princess Anne, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and descendents of some of those who died.