News – Page 30 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Imperial War Museum digital Centenary project to shed light on 8 million First World War stories

The Imperial War Museum is developing an interactive digital platform, Lives of the First World War, to tell the stories of 8 million men and women who lived through the First World War.

May 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British minister reassures Australia its role in the Gallipoli Campaign will be remembered at Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014

The Australian reports a British minister confirms Gallipoli will be marked at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

May 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Heritage Lottery Fund launches ‘First World War: then and now’ grants programme

The Heritage Lottery Fund is launching a £6 million small grants fund to help communities mark the Centenary of the First World War.

May 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National World War I Museum, Kansas City, names new President and CEO

The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, USA, has named Matthew C. Naylor as its new President and CEO.

May 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

UK Foreign Office seeks to commemorate Indian soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War

The Times of India reports that the UK Foreign Office has called for help in identifying the families of Indian soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War.

May 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News reports on Heritage Lottery Fund new Centenary grants programme: ‘First World War: then and now’

Centenary News’ Peter Alhadeff reports from the launch event of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s new six million pound grants programme for the Centenary, held at the House of Commons.

May 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Glasgow to host First World War Centenary service for Commonwealth leaders

Commonwealth leaders are being invited to remain in Glasgow after the Commonwealth Games hosted there in 2014 in order to attend a First World War Centenary service.

May 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

International conference begins in Hungary: Women in the aftermath of the First World War

Centenary News’ Dawn Kemp is attending an international conference being held in Hungary, which focuses on the experience of women during and after the First World War.

May 18, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Swansea University to lead ‘Cartooning the First World War in Wales’ digital Centenary project

Swansea University, Wales, has received almost £70,000 in Heritage Lottery Funding to digitise the wartime work of an influential Welsh newspaper cartoonist, J M Staniforth.

May 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Scottish schools receive funding for First World War battlefield visits

A £1 million fund by the Scottish Government will help every secondary school in Scotland to cover the costs of sending students on educational visits to European battlefields to mark the Centenary.