Resources – Page 17 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 28, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Safeguarding WW1 underwater heritage’ – UNESCO online resource for schools

Materials for schools promoting awareness of First World War shipwrecks have been released for the Centenary by the United Nations agency, UNESCO.

July 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Oxford University project to save WW1 stories for future generations

An Oxford University team is leading a UK-wide drive to find and conserve First World War photos, letters and mementos beyond the close of the Centenary in 2018.

August 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC call to join remembrance project for those lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is inviting individuals, community groups, schools and organisations to join in researching the stories of thousands of sailors commemorated on three UK naval memorials.

November 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Cambrai explained in Tank Museum video series

Britain's Tank Museum released a documentary for the Battle of Cambrai Centenary, telling the story of the first mass tank attack in history in November 1917.

June 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC Casualty Archive joins UN heritage register

Archive documents recording the commemoration of the 1.7 million Commonwealth dead of the First and Second World Wars are being added to a UNESCO world heritage register.

September 17, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Online project tracing WW1 Belgian refugees

Researchers are trying to discover more about the stories of 250,000 refugees who came to Britain from Belgium after Germany invaded in August 1914.

October 16, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC archive display online for Armistice Centenary

More than 600 documents and photos from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s extensive archives have been released online for the end of the First World War Centenary.

October 30, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War’ charted online

An interactive map from the Maritime Archaeology Trust makes available the results of its four year investigation into hundreds of WW1 shipwreck sites off England's south coast.