First World War Centenary News Archive

March 20, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Centenary theatre production: ‘The Passion of the Soldiers of the Great War’

La Passion des Soldats de la Grande Guerre is a Franco-German theatre project which will mark the Centenary of the First World War.

March 20, 2013 CN Editorial TeamVideos

Professor Sir Hew Strachan’s speech at Centenary Conference

Professor Sir Hew Strachan tells a Centenary conference held at Wellington College of his hopes for "a re-appreciation of the First World War as a global phenomenon".

March 21, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Biscuit based art exhibition by Kingsley Baird, Museum of the Great War, France

A new temporary art exhibition by Kingsley Baird, entitled ‘Tomb’, will see a tomb in honour of those who fell at the Battle of the Somme made of biscuits, at the Museum of the Great War, France.

End Date: 23 Apr 2013

March 21, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Flemish Government plans to develop remembrance gardens in several countries

Le Vif reports that the Minister-President of Flanders has asserted that the Flemish Government will develop “remembrance gardens” for the Centenary of the First World War in several countries.

March 21, 2013 CN Editorial TeamVideos

Peter Francis of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission speaks at Centenary Conference

Peter Francis, Head of External Communications at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission discusses education, memory and the role of the Commission in marking the Centenary of the First World War.

March 22, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Peter Francis of the Commonwealth War Graves Commision speaks about education, memory and the Commission’s role in the Centenary

Centenary News’ latest video upload from Centenary conference: speech by Peter Francis of the Commonwealth War Graves Comm.

March 22, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Centenary Conference ‘A Century in the Shadow of the Great War’ underway at the National World War I Museum, Kansas, USA

National World War I Museum, Kansas, USA is to host an “international centennial planning conference”, from 22nd – 24th March 2013.

March 22, 2013 CN Editorial TeamEvents

Centennial Conference, Kansas: A Century in the Shadow of the First World War

A three-day international event for the Centenary Commemorations.

End Date: 24 Mar 2013

March 24, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Author of ‘War Horse’ to stage new play for Centenary at Ypres, Belgium

The Telegraph reports that the author of the book ‘War Horse’, Michael Morpurgo, will stage a new play to mark the Centenary of the First World War, based on the 1914 ‘Christmas Truce’.

March 25, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party Leader’s call to mark Somme Centenary

Mike Nesbitt, Party Leader of Northern Ireland’s Ulster Unionist Party, states Centenary of the Battle of the Somme is an opportunity to educate schoolchildren and to help reconciliation efforts.