News – Page 65 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

International conference and photographic exhibition: ‘War and Colonies 1914-1918’

A conference exploring the impact of the First World War on colonial peoples will be held in Dhaka to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

End Date: 26 Feb 2014

January 31, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Applications for 2015 Anzac Day Gallipoli ticket ballot close

Applications to take part in a ballot for tickets to attend Gallipoli for the Anzac Centenary in 2015 have closed.

January 31, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Statue in honour of ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet to be erected in Ottawa to mark Centenary

An initiative by the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery will see a statue of the First World War soldier, physician and poet, John McCrae, erected in Ottawa, Canada.

February 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New BBC series revealing 1,400 stories of life on the UK Home Front starts in February 2014

The BBC is preparing to launch a major series of programmes highlighting the impact of the First World War on people across the nations and regions of the UK as they went about their daily lives.

February 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Royal Canadian Mint to produce special First World War Centenary coin

The Royal Canadian Mint has announced that it will produce a special coin to commemorate the Centenary of the declaration of the First World War.

February 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Simon Jenkins’ “apology” to Germany for “sickening avalanche of First World War worship” proves divisive

An article in The Guardian by Simon Jenkins has provoked nearly a thousand comments as he “apologises” to Germany as the Centenary approaches.

February 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News Website Upgrade

With just under six months to go until the Centenary of the First World War, the Centenary News website has been upgraded with new functionality.

February 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Niall Ferguson: “Britain should have stayed out of First World War”

In an interview with BBC History Magazine, the historian Niall Ferguson has said that Britain should have “stayed out” of the First World War, describing the decision to enter the conflict as “the biggest error in modern history”.

February 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Talk: ‘The Royal Pavilion, Brighton and its Indian connection during the Great War’, New Delhi

Jody East, Creative Programme Curator, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, will be giving a talk on The Royal Pavilion, Brighton and its Indian connection during the Great War, in New Delhi.

February 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Queensland Government launches official commemorative programme for Centenary

The Australian state of Queensland has launched its five year commemorative programme to mark the Centenary of the First World War.