Dr Jillian Davidson attended the “Perspectives on the Great War”, an international conference held at Queen Mary, University of London in August 2014 – and has sent this report.
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It’s Still Quiet… An article about a new graphic novel based on “All Quiet on The Western Front”
The legacy of one of the First World War’s best known pieces of literature has been re-imagined in a stark new way. Article by CN writer Christopher J Harvie.
Continue readingL’Adieu aux Armes – Roubaix remembers First World War with 4-year art show
Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, visits the French city of Roubaix for the launch of a series of art exhibitions, dedicated to the First World War, in a former art deco swimming pool.
Continue reading‘Enemy Aliens’ – Canadian War Museum explores internment during First World War
The story of thousands of people identified as 'enemy aliens' in Canada during the First World War is told in a special exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Continue readingMemory and the Education of Memory : Canada and the First World War Symposium
The 'Canada and the First World War' Symposium was held in Toronto on the 28th September 2014 – attended by some of Canada's leading experts on military history.
Continue readingThe first English League footballer killed in action in 1914: told by the Western Front Association
The Western Front Association tells the story of Larrett Roebuck, the first English League footballer killed in France 100 years ago.
Continue readingYour Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas August 1914
Captain Cuthbert Lucas’s arrival in France was obviously an auspicious one. Very much the advance party for the BEF, he had been sent to provide the coordination for the successful disembarkation.
Continue reading‘Menin Gate at Midnight’ – a personal view by Christopher J. Harvie
CN writer Christopher J. Harvie, discusses 'Menin Gate at Midnight', the William Longstaff painting on loan to the Canadian War Museum for 'Fighting in Flanders-Gas. Mud. Memory,' a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: The Lahore Division takes the field at Battle of Ypres
Soldiers of the Lahore Division of Britain's colonial Indian Army went into action in Belgium for the first time on October 24th 1914. CN writer Christopher J. Harvie discusses a critical moment in the First Battle of Ypres.
Continue readingNew French museum remembers Australian & British war dead at Fromelles
Centenary News visits the Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, which tells the story of how the remains of 250 soldiers were recovered, almost a century after they fell in France.
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