Resources – Page 12 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

The National Archives’ First World War 100 portal

The National Archives' First World War portal provides online access to UK government records about the conflict, including a vast collection of letters, diaries, maps and photographs.

November 25, 2013 CN Editorial Team

French Ministry of Defence First World War research portal

The French Ministry of Defence has developed a First World War online portal to aid those carrying out research into the conflict.

November 26, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth First World War dead interactive website

Codehesive has developed an online interactive resource which provides information about the number of Commonwealth soldiers who died during the First World War.

November 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National Library of Wales First World War online archive

The National Library of Wales digital archive – The Welsh Experience of the First World War – provides access to materials relating to the conflict.

December 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Fritt Ord Foundation First World War lecture series

The Fritt Ord Foundation is planning a programme of events to mark the Centenary of the First World War, with a series of lectures having been held in November 2013.

December 31, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Austrian National Library online newspaper archive

The Austrian National Library provides online access to over 840,000 pages from magazines and newspapers from 1914-1918.

January 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘War and Colonies 1914-1918’ photographic exhibition

A phtographic exhibition focusing on colonial troops during the First World War has been made available online.

March 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth War Graves Commission ‘Virtual Cemetery’ teaching resource

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched a new education resource, which aims to help teachers engage students during the First World War Centenary.

May 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Margaret MacMillan Lecture: Choice or accident? The outbreak of the First World War

Margaret MacMillan has delivered the Boeing Commemorative Lecture 2014 at the Australian War Memorial, where she argued that the First World War was not inevitable and that the origins of the conflict still "haunt us".

July 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

300,000 Commonwealth war grave records put online for First World War Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched new online resources to make it easier to locate and visit memorials of relatives killed in the First World War.