News – Page 70 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

From belligerence to pacifism: how church leaders faced the dilemmas of the First World War

Senior figures in the Church of England differed widely in their reactions to the First World War, says the author of a republished history of the wartime church.

March 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Czech Republic television series to mark First World War Centenary

The Czech Republic’s state broadcaster – eská Televize – has commissioned a twelve part documentary series exploring the country’s experience of the First World War

March 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Hidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast

A practice battlefield used to train soldiers before they were sent to the Western Front has been discovered on England’s South Coast after being hidden for decades in dense undergrowth.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

March 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Ice sculpture at Canada’s Winterlude commemorates First World War Centenary

An ice sculpture of a First World War Canadian “troop train” was unveiled at the annual Winterlude ice sculpture illumination ceremony in Ottawa this February.

March 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Archive of Serbia opens new exhibition to mark First World War Centenary

The Archive of Serbia – the country’s national archive – has opened a new exhibition to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

March 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Wills of 26,000 Scottish First World War soldiers to be made available online

The wills of 26,000 Scottish soldiers who died in the First World War are to be made available by the National Records of Scotland via ScotlandsPeople.

March 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Dunham Massey country house reconverted into First World War military hospital

Dunham Massey country house in Cheshire, England, has been reconverted to reflect its role as Stamford Military Hospital during the First World War.

March 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Italian regional president calls for commemoration of Austro-Hungarian soldiers

The President of the Italian Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Deborah Serrachiani, has called for soldiers who fought for Austria-Hungary – who came from what is now Italian territory – to be commemorated.

March 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Women’s roles in the First World War to be remembered in the UK

The role women played in the First World War is being remembered in a series of exhibitions, debates, lectures and conferences as the Centenary gets under way.

March 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Poems wanted for Centenary contest in memory of First World War Poet Wilfred Owen

An international poetry competition is being held in memory of Wilfred Owen, the First World War poet killed in action days before the Armistice.