Centenary News’ Dr. Jillian Davidson reports on the Western Front Association’s East Coast Branch World War I History Symposium, held in October 2013.
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Plugstreet 1914-1918 Experience to open in Belgium, November 2013
A new interpretation centre – scheduled to open in November 2013 – looks to guide visitors around the Ploegsteert area of Belgium, reports Centenary News’ Dan Hayes.
Continue readingLiege’s Fort Loncin tells tale of 1914 Belgian resistance
Centenary News contributor Dan Hayes reports on how the garrison of Fort Loncin, near Liège, secured an enduring place in Belgian history.
Continue readingCentenary News Editor reviews the website two years after launch
Centenary News’ Editor, Nigel Dacre, reviews how the website has developed since being launched in November 2011, as we approach the first year of the Centenary.
Continue readingFlanders House presents Wartorn to mark Veterans Day 2013
Dr. Jillian Davidson reports for Centenary News about a screening of Wartorn by Flanders House in New York, USA, to mark Veterans’ Day 2013.
Continue readingSouth African artist’s work to remember soldiers killed on the Somme
An installation by South African artist, Paul Emmanuel, will be displayed on the Somme as part of France’s First World Centenary Commemorations.
Continue readingThe Last of the Many: Britain’s Surviving Warships of 1914-1918
Centenary News Contributor Tom Hopkins tells the tale of three surviving ships from the British Navy that served during the First World War.
Continue readingAustralia’s fallen remembered in an English country churchyard
Inspired by a call to remember the Commonwealth dead of the First World War buried in the UK, Centenary News’ Peter Alhadeff visited Wiltshire.
Continue reading‘War and Colonies 1914-1918’ conference & exhibition organiser interview
The organiser of an international conference about colonies and the First World War, Olivier Litvine, speaks to Centenary News about the project.
Continue readingEducation in Germany before and after the First World War
Centenary News contributor Claire Wotherspoon reports on the education system in Germany before the First World War and how it was changed by the conflict
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