News – Page 115 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

UK Navy Museum launches first ‘crowdfunding’ appeal for Gallipoli survivor

Crowdfunding has been adopted by the UK’s National Museum of the Royal Navy for the first time to help complete the task of conserving the Gallipoli warship, HMS M.33.

February 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Neuve Chapelle Centenary March 2015: France pays tribute to role of Indian troops

Events are being held in France in March 2015 to remember the Indian soldiers who fought alongside the British Army at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 100 years ago.

February 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

First World War heavy guns displayed at the Australian War Memorial

Two rare surviving examples of First World War artillery have gone on display outside the Australian War Memorial to mark the Centenary.

February 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Appeal finds family of Royal Navy’s first Great War Victoria Cross winner

A public appeal in the UK has successfully traced descendants of the first member of the Royal Navy to receive the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

February 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Blog chronicling 100 New Zealand World War One memorials

Helen Vail has visited 100 of New Zealand’s WWI memorials and collected information and stories of the men and women who gave their lives. She shares these accounts on her blog.

February 26, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Italy: Photo display captures sites of the Alpine war

An exhibition of photos focussing on landmarks of the Alpine war between Italy and Austria-Hungary can be seen at the Italian War History Museum in Rovereto until April 19th 2015.

February 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: Wellington’s Anzac Week events unveiled

New Zealand has announced plans for an ‘historic’ week of Anzac commemorations in Wellington to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landings, starting on April 18th 2015.

March 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘The Home Front, 1917’ – Exhibition recalls pride and protest in First World War Canada

A new exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa focuses on the domestic demands of the First World War, culminating in a political crisis over conscription.

March 3, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for February 2015

The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering February 1915.

March 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary surge of visitors to Flanders

The number of tourists visiting West Flanders almost doubled in 2014, as the First World War centenary commemorations got under way.