Category: News

The Denbighshire Free Press reports Gwynedd Council’s archive service is developing an online exhibition focused on the Centenary.

The UK’s National Heritage Memorial Fund has provided £1 million to save the last surviving First World War warship.

The Lancashire Evening Post reports the UKs National Lottery Heritage Fund is providing 835,600 to restore Prestons war memorial.

Edinburgh City Council has earmarked £3,500 for a survey of historic trenches, reports The Edinburgh Evening News.

The Scotsman has reported how a British parliamentarian has launched a campaign to commemorate footballers who enlisted en masse.

The Washing Times reports on the latest controversy surrounding the Frank Buckles Act.

The BBC has reported that a postcard addressed to a First World War soldier in Cambridgeshire, England, has been found by workmen.

The Cavell Nurses’ Trust has launched a three year centenary appeal (from 2012-2015) to mark the death of Nurse Edith Cavell in 1915.

The BBC reports that students from the University of York in Britain plan to produce a film about a soldier during the First World War.