Battlefields – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 2, 2011 CN Editorial Team

British and Australian First World War soldiers reburied at Fromelles

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has recorded the reburial of 250 British and Australian soldiers at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetary in France.

December 7, 2012 CN Editorial Team

World War One Battlefields educational video for schools

Rumble TV has produced an educational video about the First World War and war cemeteries to "raise awareness of the sacrifices made in war for the life we have today".

December 7, 2012 CN Editorial Team

Australian War Memorial footage shows final Australian campaign of the First World War

This group of videos from the Australian War Memorial's channel on YouTube includes footage of Australian's final campaign of the First World War in 1918.

February 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Army’s use of ‘spy trees’ during the First World War

The Daily Mail has reported that the British Army deployed ‘spy trees’ on the Western Front during the First World War.

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Unknown First World War New Zealand soldier to be reburied at Messines Ridge, Belgium

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has reported that the remains of an unknown New Zealand soldier from the First World War are set to be reburied at Messines Ridge, West Flanders, Belgium.

February 8, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Archaeological dig on Scottish training trenches from the First World War begins

The Edinburgh Evening News reports that a survey of a series of trenches in Dreghorn Woods, Edinburgh, Scotland is underway.

February 26, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Unknown First World War New Zealand soldier buried at Messines Ridge, Belgium

The New Zealand Herald has reported that an unknown First World War New Zealand soldier has been buried at Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.

March 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

German soldiers found “perfectly preserved” in First World War shelter

The Telegraph reports that the “perfectly preserved” bodies of twenty one German soldiers have been discovered in Alsace, France.

March 25, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party Leader’s call to mark Somme Centenary

Mike Nesbitt, Party Leader of Northern Ireland’s Ulster Unionist Party, states Centenary of the Battle of the Somme is an opportunity to educate schoolchildren and to help reconciliation efforts.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British First World War soldiers to be re-interred at cemetery in France

The British Army has announced that two British First World War soldiers, alongside the remains of two unidentified soldiers, are to be re-interred at the Honourable Artillery Company Cemetery in France.