News – Page 74 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Moscow announces plans for restoration & construction of new First World War memorials

Moscow City Government’s Department of Cultural Heritage is developing plans to renovate existing First World War memorials and to construct new ones in preparation for the Centenary.

March 31, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New details of German poison gas attack against Irish First World War soldiers

Journalist Ronan McGreevy of The Irish Times reports that new details have been released by the UK National Archives on a German gas attack on Irish First World War soldiers.

March 31, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Royal Australian Mint launches ‘Lest We Forget’ Centenary coin

The Royal Australian Mint has launched a new triangular coin to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War.

April 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

English football chiefs visit France to remember the dead of the First World War

Senior English football representatives have visited Northern France to pay tribute to the players, officials and fans who fought and died in the First World War.

April 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British and Irish ministers lay foundation stone for Cross of Sacrifice at Glasnevin Cemetery

British and Irish ministers have laid the foundation stone for the Cross of Sacrifice which will be constructed at a Dublin cemetery.

April 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Work to rebuild British First World War cemetery underway in Poland

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is rebuilding a cemetery in Poland where 39 British soldiers were buried during the First World War.

April 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

St. Symphorien cemetery in Belgium: preparing for shared First World War remembrance on August 4

Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, visits St.Symphorien military cemetery in Belgium as it prepares for commemorations on 4th August 2014 marking the start of the First World War 100 years ago.

April 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British minister plants poppies in Brussels in memory of First World War nurse Edith Cavell

British government minister, Mark Simmonds, has planted poppies at the Brussels memorial to Edith Cavell, the nurse executed by the Germans in 1915 for helping Allied soldiers to escape.

April 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Australia and New Zealand announce results of ballots for Gallipoli 2015 Anzac Day tickets

Australians and New Zealanders who’ve been successful in ballots for tickets to the Centenary Anzac Day service at Gallipoli in 2015 have been notified by their governments.

April 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

France’s Centenary Fund approves €1 million for First World War projects

France’s Centenary Fund has approved €1 million worth of funding support for 286 First World War Centenary projects.