Centenary News attends the official opening of the Imperial War Museum’s new galleries on Wednesday 16th July – an event marked by speeches and interviews in the new IWM atrium.
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Category: Features
Keeping Post: The Post Office during the First World War
Sally Wenham, who writes for the Post Office shop blog, reveals the First World War research she has been doing to coincide with the release of a selection of coins and stamps.
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Punch magazine digital archive will help researchers study First World War
Mike Swain reports on a new digital archive which sees 150 years of British satirical magazine Punch made available online including its’ influential period during the First World war.
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Your Loving Son: The Letters Home of Cuthbert H T Lucas 1914 – 1918
History teacher Steve Warburton begins a series of articles, based on the diaries and weekly letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas, which reveal a unique perspective on the First World War from beginning to end.
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Reuters revisits Sarajevo: “World War One. What were they thinking?”
A report from a Reuters Newsmaker Event in New York, planned and moderated by Sir Harold Evans, and attended by former U.S Secretaries of State Dr Henry Kissinger and Dr Madeleine Albright.
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The Story of John Miller Coutts Weir, M.M.,M.C – a family hero
Centenary News contributor Ottilia Saxl tells the story of her great-uncle John Miller Coutts Weir, who was awarded both the Military Medal in 1916 and Military Cross in 1917 and served in all three services.
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Centenary News looks ahead to new BBC drama following British soldiers in action on the Western Front
The BBC is dramatising three key moments for British troops fighting on the Western Front in a drama series starting in August 2014 to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Peter Alhadeff reports.
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Reflections on the August 4th commemoration events in Belgium
The Centenary News Editor spent August 4th in Belgium – attending the Liège and Mons events. He sent in reports for Centenary News from both locations, but here’s his personal account, looking back on the day.
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More than 500 UK First World War projects funded by Heritage Lottery Fund
As the centenary gets under way, The Heritage Lottery Fund has revealed that it has supported more than 500 projects across the UK exploring stories from the First World War.
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The Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry commemorate their formation
Centenary News volunteer writer Christopher J Harvie, who lives in Ontario, Canada, reports on how the The Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry was formed 100 years ago this month.
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