Archives – Page 2 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National Library of New Zealand continues digitisation of First World War diaries

The National Library of New Zealand has written a blog entry about the progress of its "war diaries project".

July 9, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Field Marshal Douglas Haig’s First World War diary added to UNESCO register

British Field Marshal Douglas Haig’s First World War diary has been added to the UK Memory of the World Register.

July 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Red Cross Museum and Archives First World War digitisation project

The British Red Cross Museum and Archives plans to provide free online access to its collection of 244,000 personnel index cards for members of the First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment.

August 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Hungarian Defence Ministry announces database of First World War soldier casualties “to be complete by 2018”

Politicis.hu reports the Head of the Hungarian Defence Ministry’s War Graves Conservation Department has announced that a database detailing First World War casualties will “be complete by 2018”.

August 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Thousands of British First World War soldiers’ wills to be made available online

Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service is releasing the Probate Office’s archive of 280,000 First World War soldiers’ wills ahead of the Centenary.

October 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War database: ‘Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War’

ProQuest is launching a new database – Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War – which will provide access to primary sources from the conflict.

October 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War database: ‘Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War’

ProQuest is launching a new database – Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War – which will provide access to primary sources from the conflict.

November 6, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Step Short Folkestone creates digital archive of 42,000 names of those destined for Western Front

Step Short has developed an online collection of 42,000 names of soldiers, nurses and other individuals who passed through the town on their way to the Western Front between 1914 and 1919.

November 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

The National Archives launches new First World War programme for Centenary

The National Archives at Kew has launched a new programme to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

November 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National Archives of France debate: ‘Two anniversaries in 2014: The Great War and the year 1944’

The National Archives of France will hold a debate focusing on the two anniversaries facing France in 2014: the Centenary of the First World War and the liberation of France in 1944.