First World War Centenary News Archive

June 18, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

‘The First World War was far from futile’

In an article published in The Guardian, Professor Gary Sheffield questions the British Culture Secretary's stance of "set[ting] out the facts" for the Centenary of the First World War.

June 18, 2013 CN Editorial TeamOrganisations

The Australian War Memorial

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra serves as a national memorial for Australia’s war dead and was opened in 1941.

June 19, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

National Library of New Zealand continues digitisation of First World War diaries

The National Library of New Zealand has written a blog entry about the progress of its “war diaries project”.

June 19, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Western Front Association announces speakers for Second President’s Conference

The Western Front Association has announced the keynote speakers for its conference ‘A World At War 1914-18 – 1913: The Prelude to War’.

June 19, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

National Library of New Zealand continues digitisation of First World War diaries

The National Library of New Zealand has written a blog entry about the progress of its "war diaries project".

June 20, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

First World War trawler in South Georgia could return to city of Hull, England, for Centenary

Merco Press reports that an historic First World War trawler on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia, originally from the English city of Hull, could be returned to city for the Centenary.

June 21, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

British MPs debate First World War Centenary commemoration plans

The BBC’s Democracy Live has recorded a debate amongst British Members of Parliament about plans to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War in the UK.

June 21, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s blood stained shirt to go on display in Vienna

The shirt Archduke Franz Ferdinand was wearing on the day he was assassinated on June 28th 1914, will go on display at the Austrian Military Museum in Vienna.

June 22, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act enters US House of Representatives

CoinNews.net reports that a bill which aims to mint a commemorative coin to mark Centenary of the First World War, has been introduced in the American House of Representatives.

June 22, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

‘Why we should remember the bravery of World War One journalists’

An article in The Independent, written by Richard Evans, considers the "bravery" of journalists during the First World War.