News – Page 20 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 1, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Legal settlement to pay for Mametz Wood Memorial upkeep, France

This is South Wales reports that the sculptor of the Mametz Wood Memorial has won a legal case for breach of copyright and that the legal settlement will pay to maintain the memorial.

March 2, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Russian PM orders creation of “organising committee” for First World War Centenary

The Voice of Russia reports the Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has ordered the creation of an “organising committee” to begin preparations to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

March 2, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News reports on research being carried out into soldiers whose names appear on the English town of Carshalton’s war memorial

Researcher Andrew Arnold is conducting a detailed study of those whose names appear on the war memorial in Carshalton.

March 3, 2013 CN Editorial Team

London Metropolitan Archives plan to “tell the stories” of wartime London and Londoners

The London Metropolitan Archives is preparing “to tell the stories of London and Londoners from 1914-1918” with primary sources relating to the period to mark the Centenary of the conflict.

March 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Foreigners in Calais during the Great War’ resource launched by Municipal Archives of Calais

The Municipal Archives of Calais have made available their records of foreign nationals in Calais, France, between 1914-1922 as an online resource.

March 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to mark centenary of Archduke’s assassination with concert in Sarajevo, Bosnia

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is to mark the 100 year anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

March 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Florence Nightingale Museum acquires Tardieu oil paintings

Culture 24 reports that the Florence Nightingale Museum, London, England, has acquired a series of oil paintings by Victor Tardieu, which will be used to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

March 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War memorial to be unveiled in Moscow, Russia

The Voice of Russia reports that a new memorial is to be unveiled in Moscow, Russia, in honour of those who lost their lives in the First World War.

March 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British House of Lords debates First World War Centenary commemorations in the UK

The BBC’s Democracy Live service covers a debate in the British upper chamber of parliament, (the House of Lords), about how the Centenary of the First World War should be marked in Britain.

March 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

German soldiers found “perfectly preserved” in First World War shelter

The Telegraph reports that the “perfectly preserved” bodies of twenty one German soldiers have been discovered in Alsace, France.