Resources – Page 14 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New mobile Apps to commemorate Centenary

There are two new smartphone apps designed to guide users in finding sites of remembrance and discovering stories of the First World War.

December 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The First World War in 261 weeks

The First World War in 261 weeks is a weekly podcast introducing the real-life characters of the Great War and following the historical chronicle of their stories from 1914-1919.

December 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Christmas Truce: British general wrote of ‘extraordinary state of affairs’ at the front

A rare account of the Christmas truce has come to light in a newly discovered letter written by a British commander on Christmas Day 1914.

December 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Records of First World War Red Cross volunteers go online

The British Red Cross is giving online access to the records of thousands of people, some of them famous names, who served as volunteers during the First World War.

January 26, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New First World War website reveals art and writing of German brothers

Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports from Germany on the discoveries which have inspired her to launch a new website devoted to the war experiences of the Kiefer brothers from Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe.

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Villiers Park Educational Trust’s commemorates the First World War through extracts from CHIN-WAG Newsletter

The magazine reveals the lives of Old-Etonians and the Eton Manor Old Boys.

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers

Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have been made available to researchers and members of the public..

February 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site

The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict

March 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 online medical records project hits 100,000 names

UK military genealogy specialists, Forces War Records, have now transcribed 100,000 medical records of British First World War soldiers as part of a project to make them available online.

March 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand launches Gallipoli Centenary app

New Zealand has released a new computer app exploring the Gallipoli campaign as part of its Centenary commemorations.