First World War Centenary News Archive

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Photograph album from the First World War digitised by The National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia has digitised a First World War photograph album attributed to Frank Hurley.

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Ramsgate town council supports the establishment of a Royal British Legion war museum

This is Kent reports that the town council in Ramsgate, Kent, England has given its support to the prospect of a Royal British Legion war museum in the area.

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Unknown First World War New Zealand soldier to be reburied at Messines Ridge, Belgium

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has reported that the remains of an unknown New Zealand soldier from the First World War are set to be reburied at Messines Ridge, West Flanders, Belgium.

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Archaeological dig on Scottish training trenches from the First World War begins

The Edinburgh Evening News reports that a survey of a series of trenches in Dreghorn Woods, Edinburgh, Scotland is underway.

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

An English town is set to recreate the iconic poppy fields of the First World War

The Daily Mail has reported that a town in Hampshire, England, will plant thousands of poppy seeds in time for the Centenary of the First World War.

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Rwandan Museums receive First World War material

The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda has received items used in the First World War on Rwandan soil, courtesy of the German embassy.

February 10, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Hand-written stanza from the First World War Poem ‘For the Fallen’ by Binyon to be auctioned

Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers is to auction an original hand-written stanza from Binyon’s First World War poem ‘For the Fallen’.

February 10, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Christmas Truce’ football game to be recreated for Centenary

The Guardian has reported that the recreation of the ‘Christmas Truce’ football game played on Christmas Day 1914 is among Centenary plans being proposed in Britain.

February 11, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Sarajevo museum chief tells Centenary News of plans to mark Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination

The Director of Sarajevo Museums, Amra Madarevic, spoke to Centenary News about plans for an exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.

February 11, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Silent Night’ – First World War opera debuts in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Opera Company has given its debut performance of ‘Silent Night’ – an opera about the informal ‘Christmas Truce’ on the Western Front in 1914.