News – Page 114 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Conference in The Hague to restage Versailles Treaty talks

The controversial peace treaties which ended the First World War will be renegotiated by young people as part of an international conference in The Hague from June 22nd-26th 2015.

February 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Germany intensifies U-boat war

Germany stepped up its submarine campaign, with a warning on February 4th 1915 that all merchant ships in the seas around the British Isles risked attack without warning.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Launch of new website for information on all UK war memorials

Britain’s First World War Minister, Helen Grant, has announced a four-year programme to create ukwarmemorials.org, a ‘one stop shop’ for information on all UK war memorials.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site

The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict.

February 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Armenia makes Centenary call for Turkey to recognise 1915 killings as genocide

Armenia issued a Centenary declaration on January 29th 2015, repeating demands for Turkey to recognise the killing of Armenians during the First World War as genocide.

February 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Legacy of First World War Scottish bagpipers explored in Sutherland

Musicians and researchers in the north of Scotland are working together to explore the role of music, particularly the bagpipes, during the First World War.

February 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Earth and Steel’ – Display of Great War archaeology coming up in Arras

The French city of Arras is to host an exhibition of First World War archaeology, starting on April 9th 2015, the 98th anniversary of the Battle of Arras.

February 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes on the Eastern Front

Germany fought a second offensive against the Russian Army in the Masurian Lakes region of East Prussia (now Poland) in February 1915.

February 17, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli education project features at student conference in Germany

The Gallipoli Centenary Education Project is taking two UK students to Germany, to speak about the Gallipoli campaign at an international conference on 19/20th February 2015.

February 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Australia hosts international Gallipoli conference in March 2015

Leading First World War historians will gather at a major international conference in Australia in March 2015 to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.