News – Page 111 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

A look back at some of the defining Centenary images of 2014

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events in 2014 which marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.

January 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries coming up in 2015

Centenary News looks ahead to some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2015.

January 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Thiepval Memorial to be restored for 2016 Somme Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced a major project to restore the Thiepval Memorial in France in readiness for the Battle of the Somme Centenary in 2016.

January 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

British pupils visit Gallipoli as part of Centenary Education Project

Pupils from a British school have visited Gallipoli as part of a new education programme marking the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings in Turkey in 1915.

January 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for December 2014

The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering December 1914.

January 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Propaganda and War’ – First World War Centenary exhibition in Istanbul

The Centenary is being marked in Turkey with an exhibition of First World War Ottoman documents and memorabilia at Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations in Istanbul.

End Date: 22 Mar 2015

January 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Remembering the UK’s first air raid casualties – Norfolk January 19

The 100th anniversary of the first Zeppelin air raids on the UK will be remembered at events in Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn on January 19th 2015.

January 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Reflections on three Boston World War One exhibitions

Susan Werbe has attended three World War I exhibitions in her hometown of Boston, Massachusetts and has written her reflections in a feature for Centenary News.

Author: Susan Werbe

January 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Scotland to mark Centenary of First World War troop train disaster in 2015

The worst rail crash in UK history will be remembered as part of Scotland’s First World War Centenary commemorations in 2015.

January 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Canada: Launch of GWCA ‘Doing Our Bit’ website

The Great War Centenary Association – Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations in Ontario, Canada – has launched its new website, ‘Doing Our Bit’, to document the community’s involvement during the First World War.