News – Page 22 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Eyam Museum, Derbyshire, receives grant for commemorative First World War exhibition

Eyam Museum, Derbyshire, England, has received a £21,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support its development of a commemorative First World War exhibition.

March 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Bankfield Museum, Halifax, awarded grant by Heritage Lottery Fund for Centenary project

Bankfield Museum, Halifax, England, has been awarded a £98,800 grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project to commemorate the anniversary of the First World War.

March 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘The Academic World in the Era of the Great War’ conference, Dublin, 2014

The International Society for First World War Studies has announced that the Trinity College, Dublin, will host a conference on the academic world during the First World War.

March 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

UK’s Special Representative for the Centenary tells conference of Government’s commemoration plans

The UK Government’s Special Representative for the Centenary Dr Andrew Murrison tells conference that the British Government has “real commitment” to the commemorations.

March 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Heritage Lottery Fund grants Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum almost £500,000

The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, England, has been awarded £493,300 in Heritage Lottery funding, in part for initiatives to help mark the Centenary of the First World War.

March 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

In Flanders Fields Museum exhibition: ‘Remembering Herbert Hoover & the Commission for Relief in Belgium’

In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres, Belgium, has recently opened a new exhibition entitled: ‘Remembering Herbert Hoover & the Commission for Relief in Belgium’.

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March 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Welsh experiences of the First World War roadshow

The Welsh experience of World War I is half way through a roadshow which encourages people to share objects, documents or items of interest from the First World War.

March 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Search for location of Gallipoli war cemeteries underway

World Bulletin reports that efforts are underway to locate 18 soldier cemeteries in Turkey used by Entente forces during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16.

March 18, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Professor Sir Hew Strachan tells conference of hopes for “re-appreciation of the First World War as a global phenomenon” by 2018

Professor Sir Hew Strachan, Oxford University, emphasises the importance of the First World War as a “global phenomenon”.

March 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary events at the Museum of the Great War, France

The Museum of the Great War in France will hold annual temporary exhibitions during 2014-2018 to commemorate the Centenary.

End Date: 15 Mar 2013