Articles – Page 30 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 3, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Historian writes for Centenary News about his research on First World War National Kitchens

Public reaction to a recent BBC News item featuring Dr Bryce Evans’ research on national kitchens has convinced the historian that the British approach to communal feeding in the First World War can have a contemporary impact.

November 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Latvian Rifles go into battle on the Eastern Front

Newly-formed Latvian units went into action with the Imperial Russian Army 100 years ago to resist a German push. Patrick Gregory has recently visited the Baltic, and tells the story of the Latvian Rifles.

November 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Celebrated First World War cartoon makes its debut

On November 24th 1915.The Bystander magazine in London published the latest contribution from soldier-cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather. His drawing, with its caption – “Well, if you knows of a better ‘ole, go to it!” – would become one of the most well-known and enduring cartoons of all time. Mark Warby tells its story.

December 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Kut-al-Amara: How & why the siege began

General Sir Charles Townshend's controversial decision to stand against the Ottomans at Kut-al-Amara in December 1915 is discussed in this article by Major Paul Knight.

December 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

A soldier’s story of the first hours of the Somme – rediscovered by local historian

Former BBC journalist Howard Benson has unearthed the story of a British army tunneller who witnessed one of the enormous explosions launching the Battle of the Somme on July 1st 1916.

December 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Rearranging History’ – US exhibition pieces together story of giant WW1 painting

Missing fragments from a Great War masterpiece are back on view for the first time in decades at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, as CN contributor Patrick Gregory discovers.

January 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Lancastrians reformed as Britain’s 55th Division on Western Front

CN contributor Paul Knight tells the story of the British Army's West Lancashire Division, experienced Territorial soldiers reformed as the 55th Division in France in January 1916.

February 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Trench Brothers Project: Focuses on the role of ethnic minority soldiers in WWI

Helen Kelly, the Projects Coordinator at HMDT Music has sent Centenary News an update on their project: Trench Brothers.

February 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Article: ‘The legend of Verdun’

An article in New Statesman by Alistair Horne (Author of The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916) looks at the Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of the First World War.

February 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Kortrijk 1302 – Belgian exhibition explores German First World War occupation

A new exhibition at the heritage museum Kortrijk 1302 in Belgium examines the German occupation during the First World War. Volunteer writer Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports on the exhibition for Centenary News.