News – Page 37 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 9, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Heritage Lottery Fund provides £1.1 million to York Castle Museum for ‘1914: When the World Changed Forever’

The BBC reports that Heritage Lottery Fund has provided York Castle Museum, England, with a £1.1 million grant for an exhibtion about the outbreak of the First World War.

July 9, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Field Marshal Douglas Haig’s First World War diary added to UNESCO register

British Field Marshal Douglas Haig’s First World War diary has been added to the UK Memory of the World Register.

July 9, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Remains of three unknown First World War South African soldiers buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium

Flanders News has filmed the burial service of three First World War South African soldiers, which were discovered in 2011.

July 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Video: London’s Cenotaph restored for First World War Centenary – Centenary News speaks to English Heritage

Centenary News has filmed the Cenotaph in London, where restoration work has been carried out in preparation for the Centenary of the First World War.

July 11, 2013 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand Dance Company to present ‘Rotunda’ for Anzac Centenary

The New Zealand Dance Company is producing Rotunda, a piece of work to coincide with the Anzac Centenary.

July 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Welsh Mametz Wood red dragon memorial to be restored for First World War Centenary

The BBC reports that the Mametz Wood memorial in northern France, dedicated to Welsh troops who fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, is to be restored.

July 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Residents of Rajasthan’s Pali district, India, oppose plans for Turkish First World War memorial

The Hindustan Times reports that residents of Sumerpur in Rajasthan’s Pali district in India are opposing plans by the Turkish Government to establish a First World War memorial in the area.

July 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Call to restore First World War memorial oak trees in time for Centenary in North Otago, New Zealand

Radio New Zealand reports that there are growing calls for oak trees which were planted in memory of First World War soldiers to be replanted and protected in time for the Centenary.

July 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Controversy over £500,000 restoration of First World War ship for Centenary

The Southern Daily Echo highlights the diverging opinions over Hampshire Council in England’s decision to allocate £500,000 to restore a First World War ship.

July 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Schoolchildren to record the names of all 62,000 soldiers on Australia’s First World War Roll of Honour for Centenary

News.com.au reports that the names and ages of all 62,000 soldiers on Australia’s First World War Roll of Honour will be recorded by schoolchildren as a “vocal tribute” during the Centenary.