CN Editorial Team – Page 64 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand’s official Centenary programme develops ‘New Zealand at war timeline’

The official Centenary commemoration programme for New Zealand, NZWW100, has developed a timeline which documents New Zealand's involvement in the First World War.

May 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary project plans to locate First World War British and German submarines sunk off the English coast

The Telegraph has reported that a new English Heritage research project will aim to locate the wrecks of British and German submarines sunk off the English coast during the First World War.

May 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Research paper: ‘Edith’s Wonderland: In memoriam of Edith Cavell’

Hugo Lueders has made available a paper regarding the British First World War nurse Edith Cavell, entitled 'Edith's Wonderland: In memoriam of Edith Cavell'.

May 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘The Great War: A Visual History’

The American Battle Monuments Commission has developed an interactive online resource which allows users to explore a map of the world during the First World War.

May 30, 2013 CN Editorial Team

What would have happened if Facebook existed during the First World War?

The Musée de la Grande Guerre is considering the role Facebook would have played in the First World War had it existed at the time, in order to engage with a younger audience about the conflict.

May 30, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘The lessons of the First World War are not a settled question in modern Britain, nor is how to commemorate it’

An article in The Guardian questions Britain's plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War and if a national, unifying commemoration can be achieved.

May 31, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Recently discovered letters from the front line describing the 1914 ‘Christmas Truce’ to be auctioned

Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers is to auction two letters written by British Major J.P.V. Hawksley, to his sister Muriel, describing the ‘Christmas Truce’ of 1914.

June 2, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Remains of French First World War soldiers unearthed in forests of Verdun

The Daily Mail reports that a group of hikers has discovered the remains of more than 20 French First World War soldiers in Verdun, France.

June 3, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Plans to mark the First World War Centenary gain momentum in Trentino, Italy

Trentino ’14-’18. From war to peace is an initiative which is planning a series of events to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War in the autonomous northern Italian province of Trentino.

June 3, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra, Rovereto

The Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra (‘The Italian War Museum’) in Rovereto, Trentino, “exhibits arms and uniforms, photographs and paintings, documents and personal effects”.