News – Page 78 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Largest human poppy to mark First World War Centenary breaks Guinness World Record

Members of the local community in Hampshire, England, joined staff and students at the Sixth Form College Farnborough to create a human poppy to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Australia Post announces five year First World War Centenary stamp series

Australia Post has released its first commemorative stamp to mark the Centenary of the First World War, with more to follow over the next four years.

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition: ‘Over By Christmas: August-December 1914’ at the National World War I Museum, USA

A new exhibition at the National World War One Museum in Kansas City examines how the romantic notions of war clashed with the harsh realities of conflict during the first five months of the First World War.

May 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Turkish PM offers “condolences” for the “events of 1915”, while Armenia accuses Ankara of “genocide denial”

On the 23rd April 2014, Turkey’s Prime Minister offered his “condolences” to Armenians who had family members that died during what the Prime Minister described as “the events of 1915”.

May 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Gimmicks are insulting First World War Centenary, says historian

A warfare historian has claimed events lined up to mark the Centenary of the First World War, such as a football match backed by Prince William, are gimmicks which are insulting to the heroism and horrors experienced by those who gave their lives.

May 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK Government announces latest details of First World War Centenary events

The British Government has released more details of the national events taking place on 4th August 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of war starting against Germany.

May 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary Education Project receives £100,000 Heritage Lottery Fund support

A research project which will bring together young people from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Turkey to commemorate the Gallipoli Campaign has received £100,000 funding support.

May 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Prince William backs plans to mark First World War Christmas Truce

Prince William, who is President of the Football Association, has lent his support to a series of educational initiatives and a memorial design competition to mark the First World War Christmas Truce.

May 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Battle’ photo exhibition visits Paris ahead of UK First World War Centenary tour

An outdoor photographic exhibition, capturing the haunting beauty of many of the First World War battlefields as they are today, is on show at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.

May 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary countdown: view of key events coming up in Summer 2014 to mark the First World War Centenary

With less than two months to go before the First World War Centenary commemorations get under way in earnest, Centenary News lists key events taking place in the summer of 2014.