News – Page 16 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Christmas Truce’ football game to be recreated for Centenary

The Guardian has reported that the recreation of the ‘Christmas Truce’ football game played on Christmas Day 1914 is among Centenary plans being proposed in Britain.

February 11, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Sarajevo museum chief tells Centenary News of plans to mark Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination

The Director of Sarajevo Museums, Amra Madarevic, spoke to Centenary News about plans for an exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.

February 11, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Silent Night’ – First World War opera debuts in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Opera Company has given its debut performance of ‘Silent Night’ – an opera about the informal ‘Christmas Truce’ on the Western Front in 1914.

February 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Campaign for a memorial in honour of Welsh First World War soldiers in Flanders

The BBC has reported that campaigners are aiming to raise funds to erect a memorial in Flanders, Belgium, in honour of Welsh soldiers who fought during the First World War.

February 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Tickets for Anzac Day Commemorative Services at Gallipoli in 2015 to be balloted

New Zealand WW100, has announced that those wishing to attend the Centenary Anzac Day Commemorative Services at Gallipoli, Turkey, in 2015, will be selected by ballot.

February 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Colour photographs from German trenches during the First World War

The Telegraph has highlighted colour photographs from the German front line during the First World War, taken by Hans Hildenbrand.

February 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Belgian community remembers Welsh soldiers of the First World War

The BBC has reported on the small Belgian community of Hagebos, which gather once a month to remember Welsh soldiers who fought at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.

February 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Efforts to provide headstones for unmarked war graves in Tasmania

936 ABC Hobart reports that a historian is making efforts to provide headstones for unmarked First World War graves in Tasmania, Australia.

February 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War collection under threat in Northern Ireland

News Letter reports that original First World War equipment and artefacts are under threat of being sent overseas due to funding issues.

February 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Name added to Scottish National Memorial after 95 years

Deadline reports that a Scottish soldier from the First World War has had his name added to the National Memorial, 95 years after receiving a fatal gunshot wound.