First World War Centenary News Archive

January 14, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Scottish memorial renovations

The BBC reports that the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, has announced the cleaning and restoration of Scotland’s war memorials as part of efforts to mark the centenary of the First World War.

January 15, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

UK controversy over the Centenary

British newspapers report claims that the British government is avoiding a tone of celebration in the Centenary.

January 15, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Britain’s first black officer

A play about the life of the first Black British Army Officer, Walter Tull, has been commissioned, the BBC has reported.

January 18, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Railway workers of wartime Britain

The UK’s National Railway Museum has launched a database of 20,000 railway workers who died in the First World War.

January 20, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

First zeppelin raid on Britain

The British newspaper The Guardian, highlights a picture of the first German Zeppelin raid on Britain in 1915.

January 21, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Community memories of war in Australia

Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has launched a project focusing on community memories of the First World War.

January 22, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

International Centenary Conference

An international conference, ‘Perspectives on the ‘Great’ War’,will take place in London in 2014.

End Date: 04 Aug 2014