Comprehensive lists of New Zealanders who opposed conscription in the Great War have been compiled for the first time, New Zealand Government historians have announced.
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Author: CN Editorial Team
‘North Carolina & World War I’ – US Centennial exhibition in 2017
A multimedia exhibition marking the centennial of America’s entry into the First World War opens at the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, in April next year.
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Families of tank pioneers mark WW1 Tank Centenary
Descendants of soldiers who took Britain’s early tanks into battle gathered in London ahead of this week’s centenary of the first ever-tank action during the Great War.
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WW1 Tank Centenary – Tank display marks historic 1916 attack
100 years after the first tanks rolled into action, a replica First World War British tank took up positions in the heart of London for the September 15 Centenary.
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100 Years Ago: UK Prime Minister’s son killed in action
British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith suffered a personal tragedy on 15 September 1916 when his eldest son, Raymond, was killed on the Somme.
Continue readingSomme Centenary – New Zealand remembers at Longueval
Prince Charles joins commemorations in France on 15 September 2016 paying tribute to New Zealanders who fought at the Battle of the Somme a century ago.
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‘The Price of a Mile’ – exhibition honouring Somme doctors
Booking is open for the London preview of a new exhibition paying tribute to doctors who administered anaesthetics and pain relief to the wounded at the Battle of the Somme.
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Somme Centenary events in France honour New Zealand’s Fallen
New Zealand held a series of commemorations in France on 15 September 2016 to mark the centenary of the New Zealand Division joining the Battle of the Somme.
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Conscientious objection & dissent in First World War New Zealand
Comprehensive lists of New Zealanders who opposed conscription in the Great War – compiled for the first time by New Zealand Government historians – are available online.
Continue readingUK village to mark 1916 Zeppelin crash centenary
The forced-landing of a German Zeppelin near the village of Little Wigorough in eastern England 100 years ago will be marked with a programme of events on September 24-25th 2016.
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