Two commemorative quilts designed and handmade by 130 Monmouthshire schoolchildren for the First World War Centenary are on display at the Welsh Assembly's Pierhead Futures Gallery.
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Urgent appeal to find British WW1 soldier’s family
British military officials trying to identify a First World War soldier’s remains want to trace the family of Edward Norton, a Durham Light Infantry sergeant killed in France in September 1918.
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A Rendezvous with Death: Alan Seeger in Poetry, at War
Publisher’s Description:’In this first modern biography of famed “Great War” poet Alan Seeger…Chris Dickon shows the expatriate American as an avid soldier for France long before the time when the United States finally entered the war.’
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Mission Centenaire backs more than 1,200 projects for 2018
The number of projects endorsed for the final year of WW1 commemorations by France’s lead Centenary organisation is close to that of 2014, with more still pending.
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The Great War Symphony – a ‘Monument in Music’ for the Centenary
Centenary News has listened in to recording of ‘The Great War Symphony’ – a new choral work specially written for the closing WW1 commemorations by British composer Patrick Hawes.
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Argonne project remembering America’s bloodiest WWI battle
A project highlighting key sites in the US Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 has been launched by France’s National Forestry Office.
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Record visitors at Austria’s Military History Museum
Visitor numbers at the Vienna-based museum dedicated to Austrian military history hit a new record in 2017 – with the First World War again a significant draw.
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100 Years Ago: ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet John McCrae dies
The Canadian doctor, soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields died in France on 28 January 1918. Author Chris Dickon reflects on John McCrae’s life and legacy.
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100 Years Ago: ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet John McCrae dies
The Canadian doctor, soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields died in France on 28 January 1918. Author Chris Dickon reflects on John McCrae's life and legacy.
Continue readingUK Government backs new memorial to Sikh troops
Plans for a national memorial in London to honour Sikhs who fought for Britain in both world wars have won government support.
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