Archives – Page 3 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

The National Library of Wales launches new £1 million First World War digital archive

The National Library of Wales has launched a digital archive entitled The Welsh Experience of the First World War.

December 3, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Archive of Serbia and National Assembly plan to tackle “100 times repeated lie” of Serbia’s First World War guilt with 2014 exhibitions

The Archive of Serbia & National Assembly of Serbia launched the first in a series of exhibitions on First World War documents in November.

December 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

State Library of Queensland launches ‘Q Anzac 100: Memories for A New Generation’ Centenary programme

The State Library of Queensland has launched a five year programme of initiatives to commemorate the First World War and Anzac Centenary.

December 31, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Austrian National Library to mark First World War Centenary

The Austrian National Library will mark the Centenary of the First World War with a large scale digitisation project and a major exhibition.

January 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War unit diaries go online to mark Centenary

The UK National Archives has digitised thousands of First World War unit diaries, which are now available to view online.

January 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Serbia claims letter from 1913 absolves it of blame for the outbreak of the First World War

The Director of the National Archive of Serbia, Dr. Miroslav Perisic, has unveiled a copy of a document from 1913 which he claims absolves Serbia of any “guilt” for outbreak of the First World War.

January 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Austrian press criticises Serbian presentation of 1913 document

The Austrian press has been critical of the presentation of a document by the National Archive of Serbia, which Serbia claims absolves it of any “guilt” in starting the First World War.

January 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK National Archives digitises First World War Certificates of Exemption from fighting

The records of more than 8,000 British men who pleaded not to fight in the First World War have been put online by the National Archives in London.

January 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘The Army Children of the First World War’ Centenary project

The Army Children Archive (TACA) has developed a project to mark the Centenary of the First World War, which focuses on children during the conflict who had fathers serving in the British Army.

February 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New BBC series revealing 1,400 stories of life on the UK Home Front starts in February 2014

The BBC is preparing to launch a major series of programmes highlighting the impact of the First World War on people across the nations and regions of the UK as they went about their daily lives.