Archives – Page 10 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

British Library to archive Centenary News website

The British Library has selected Centenary News to include in its UK Web Archive, containing websites of “cultural and historical significance”.

October 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Loos ‘behind the scenes’ revealed in Army HQ diaries

The UK National Archives mark the Battle of Loos Centenary with the online release of diaries shedding light on the tactics and decisions of top military commanders.

December 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

HMS Hampshire memorial project: full list of 746 names published

The names have been released of all the men who’ll be remembered on a new memorial to the loss of the British warship, HMS Hampshire, off Orkney in June 1916.

January 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The Caribbean’s Great War’ – Centenary project remembers West Indian soldiers

The contribution made by Caribbean soldiers to the Allies in the First World War is being given further recognition in a series of initiatives by the West India Committee in the UK.

January 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

WW1 hospital diaries go online from UK National Archives

The challenges of treating First World War casualties on the battlefield and at sea are revealed in newly-released online records from Britain’s National Archives.

March 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Revealed: Most popular First World War baby names

The battles of the Great War were the most popular choice for families naming babies after wartime events, research by the UK National Archives reveals.

April 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Changing the Landscape’ – artist’s personal quest for great uncle killed on the Somme

Centenary News visits artist Sarah Kogan’s exhibition telling the story of her great uncle who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

December 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘A legacy for future generations’ – Auckland Museum’s new remembrance gallery

A new gallery for New Zealanders to discover and commemorate those who’ve served their country in war has opened at Auckland War Memorial Museum.

July 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Lest We Forget’ – Oxford campaign 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.

July 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The unveiling of the Menin Gate – how blind veterans told the story

Two blind soldiers’ accounts of the unveiling of the Menin Gate 90 years ago today have been voiced for the charity, Blind Veterans UK, founded as St Dunstan’s during WW1.