ProQuest is launching a new database – Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War – which will provide access to primary sources from the conflict.
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Wales’ First Minister outlines Centenary plans including £850,000 for “educational legacy”
The First Minister of Wales has officially launched the Framework Programme for Wales’ Centenary plans: Wales Remembers 1914-1918.
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Help for Heroes 4×4 European rally to mark First World War Centenary
Help for Heroes has organised a 4×4 European rally to mark the Centenary of the First World War and the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
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International leaders invited to Belgian city of Liège for Centenary
It has been announced that more than fifty heads of state will be invited to a ceremony in the Belgian city of Liège on August 4th 2014, to mark the start of the Centenary of the First World War.
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Centenary intiative information panels unveiled by British Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence
British Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence has unveiled new information panels at Chatham Naval Memorial, England.
Continue reading‘War & Trauma – Medical Care In WWI’ exhibition, Ypres & Ghent museums, Belgium
Two museums in Belgium, part of the In Flanders Fields Museum group, will host exhibitions relating to medical care during the First World War.
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Museum of Liverpool to explore role of First World War black families
The Museum of Liverpool has launched a project to research local Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) in Liverpool during the First World War.
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Centennial Countdown to the Great War: October 1913
A monthly blog documents events taking place 100 years ago.
Continue readingPublic lecture: ‘Patriotism and Profit during World War One’
The Science Museum in London will host a public lecture entitled 'Patriotism and Profit during World War One', delivered Graeme Gooday and Elizabeth Bruton, University of Leeds.
Continue readingThe Great War Underground conference, November 2013
The Western Front Association and the National Army Museum in Britain are organising a conference entitled 'The Great War Underground'.
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