First World War Centenary News Archive

February 27, 2013 CN Editorial TeamOrganisations

Wartime Canada

Wartime Canada is an organisation which provides news and educational resources relating to Canada during the First and Second World Wars.

February 28, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Russian politician calls for conference to mark the Centenary of the First World War

The Russkiy Mir Foundation has reported that a Russian politician has called for a “major academic and political conference” to be held to mark the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

British soldier from the First World War re-interred at new site

The Manchester Evening News reports that a British First World War soldier, Private Blears, has be re-interred at Swinton Unitarian Chapel, England, after original burial site was bought for development.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘The Advocates of Peace, 1899-1917’ conference, Paris, 2014

The International Society for First World War Studies has announced that the University of Paris-Est and the German Historical Institute will host a conference on “the downfall of peace” in the early twentieth century.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

National Library of Wales continues digitisation of First World War documents

The National Library of Wales reports on its continuing efforts to digitise around 200,000 documents either from or relating to the First World War period.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Concerns preparations for Centenary may not meet deadline at Musée de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire, Brussels

Le Vif highlights that Belgium’s Musée de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire in Brussels, may only meet the deadline for its Centenary preparations by a matter of days.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

First World War memorial in Tiruchirappalli, India, to be restored

The Hindu reports that five shops blocking access to the war memorial in Gandhi Market, Tiruchirappalli, India, have been closed and the memorial is set to be restored.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Legal settlement to pay for Mametz Wood Memorial upkeep, France

This is South Wales reports that the sculptor of the Mametz Wood Memorial has won a legal case for breach of copyright and that the legal settlement will pay to maintain the memorial.

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamOrganisations

The Welsh experience of World War One

The Welsh experience of World War One is an organisation undertaking mass digitisation of primary sources relating to the First World War, focusing on the Welsh experience of the conflict.

March 2, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Russian PM orders creation of “organising committee” for First World War Centenary

The Voice of Russia reports the Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has ordered the creation of an “organising committee” to begin preparations to mark the Centenary of the First World War.