News – Page 18 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Duke of Kent unveils new hi-tech memorial panels in Portsmouth, England

The BBC has highlighted that the Duke of Kent has unveiled a new series of high tech information panels at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England.

February 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Names of First World War fallen added to memorial in Manchester, England

The Manchester Evening News has reported that three names of First World War soldiers have recently been added to the Heywood war memorial, Manchester, England.

February 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Restoration of captured German First World War artillery underway in Canada

Bullet News Niagara has reported that a group of volunteers in Canada are making efforts to restore a piece of German artillery from the First World War.

February 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Photographs of war torn Western Front after the First World War

The Daily Mail has highlighted a series of photographs showing the damage endured on the Western Front in France and Belgium.

February 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Ulster Unionist Party peer calls for HMS Caroline to play central role in First World War commemorations

Lord Empey, of Northern Ireland’s Ulster Unionist Party, has called for the last surviving warship of the First World War to play a central role in Northern Ireland’s commemorations of the conflict.

February 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

The University of Hertfordshire’s Heritage Hub has launched a ‘Staging World War I’ project

The University of Hertfordshire’s Heritage Hub has launched a ‘Staging World War I’ project, which “investigates entertainment during the First World War, particularly theatre”.

February 25, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Interactive map of Toronto’s First World War dead

Global Toronto has highlighted an interactive map which shows the Canadian city of Toronto’s war dead from the conflict of 1914-18.

February 25, 2013 CN Editorial Team

New memorial site sought for “forgotten” First World War soldiers

The BBC interviews co-founder of the ‘In From The Cold Project’, as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission searches for new memorial site for “forgotten” First World War soldiers.

February 25, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Britain’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission signs Centenary agreements with French and German counterparts

The British Commonwealth War Graves Commission has signed agreements with its French and German counterparts to work in co-operation with them to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

February 26, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Unknown First World War New Zealand soldier buried at Messines Ridge, Belgium

The New Zealand Herald has reported that an unknown First World War New Zealand soldier has been buried at Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.