News – Page 45 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Momentum gathering for Scottish First World War memorial in France

Herald Scotland reports that there are new hopes for a national monument in honour of First World War Scottish soldiers in France.

September 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Experiences of World War One: strangers, differences and locality’ workshop, University of London

The British Association for Local History and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies are organising a workshop about the First World War.

End Date: 28 Feb 2014

September 11, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Scheme to plant millions of poppies across the UK fails in bid for Heritage Lottery Fund support

The Telegraph reports that a scheme to plant poppies across Britain to mark the Centenary of the First World War – endorsed by the Prime Minister – has failed in its funding application.

September 11, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Welsh First Minister to visit Belgium and France this month to launch Centenary programme

Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales, will visit Belgium and France this month to begin Wales’ “programme of commemoration” to mark the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.

September 11, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Heritage Lottery Fund issues statement over 2014 Real Poppy Campaign’s failed bid for funding

The Heritage Lottery Fund has issued a statement following the failure of the 2014 Real Poppy Campaign’s application for financial support to plant millions of poppies in time for the Centenary.

September 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

UK wide poppy planting scheme to go ahead after funding difficulties

The Royal British Legion has announced that the Centenary Poppy Scheme – which recently failed in its application for funding support from Heritage Lottery Fund – will go ahead.

September 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

International conference in Sarajevo: ‘The Significance and Legacy of the Great War’

The University of Buckingham and the Sarajevo School of Science & Technology are organising an international conference for the First World War Centenary.

September 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Members of Parliament debate plans to commemorate the First World War Centenary

The BBC’s Democracy Live service has provided coverage of a debate by British Members of Parliament about the First World War Centenary commemorations.

September 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

International seminar: ‘Small Power is a Power? The role and resilience of small and medium powers during the Great War 1914-1918’

An international seminar will take place in Portugal in 2014, considering the role of smaller nations during the First World War.

End Date: 05 Sep 2014

September 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Canada opens exhibit on First World War internment of “enemy aliens”

The Province reports on the opening of an exhibit at Banff National Park, Canada, about the internment of “enemy aliens” during the First World War.