First World War Centenary News Archive

February 15, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

First World War Letters of Lieutenant William Milton Skilling

Letters from Lieutenant William Milton Skilling, a British Officer in the First World War, are the subject of a blog.

February 15, 2013 CN Editorial TeamResources

Letters from the First World War of Private Edward Ray Jackson

A blog featuring the letters of Private Edward Ray Jackson, who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during the First World War.

February 15, 2013 CN Editorial TeamResources

First World War Letters of Lieutenant William Milton Skilling

Letters from Lieutenant William Milton Skilling, a British Officer in the First World War, are the subject of a blog.

February 17, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Britain’s Sandhurst Military Academy renames First World War hall

The Daily Mail has reported that Britain’s Sandhurst Military Academy has renamed its sports hall – ‘The Mons Hall’ – after a donation from the King of Bahrain.

February 17, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Rare First World War photgraphs discovered at Hocken Library, New Zealand

The Otago Daily Times has reported that a series of rare First World War photographs have been unearthed at Hocken Library, New Zealand.

February 17, 2013 CN Editorial TeamOrganisations

Derbyshire Lives through the World Wars

Derbyshire Lives through the World Wars is a research project which aims to support projects throughout Derbyshire to mark upcoming anniversaries from the First and Second World Wars, including the Centenary of the First World War.

February 18, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Australian Premier announces education grants & memorial restorations for Gallipoli Centenary

Adelaide Now has reported that the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has pledged $15 million in school grants and war memorial restoration funds to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.

February 18, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Thankful villages run 2013

Over the summer of 2013, two motorcyclists will be riding through each of the United Kingdom’s ‘thankful villages’, where there is no First World War memorial, as all of those who served in the conflict, returned home.

End Date: 05 Aug 2013