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January 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Campaign to recognise the sacrifice of Gallipoli reinforcements on torpedoed troopship

David Crampin has shared with Centenary News a piece about the ship Royal Edward which was torpedoed on its way to Gallipoli and his campaign to ensure those whoe died receive recognition.

Author: David Crampin

January 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Campaign to recognise the sacrifice of Gallipoli reinforcements on torpedoed troopship

David Crampin has shared with Centenary News a piece about the ship Royal Edward which was torpedoed on its way to Gallipoli and his campaign to ensure those whoe died receive recognition.

February 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Germany intensifies U-boat war

Germany stepped up its submarine campaign, with a warning on February 4th 1915 that all merchant ships in the seas around the British Isles risked attack without warning.

March 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Turkey starts programme of events to mark Centenary of Gallipoli campaign

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leads commemoration of Gallipoli campaign.

March 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Walk of Peace’- border trail between Italy and Slovenia commemorates the Isonzo Front

Italy and Slovenia launched a cross-border trail, the Walk of Peace, on March 21st 2015 to remember the battles on the Isonzo Front during the First World War.

March 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Dying for Trento’: new exhibition remembers the Italian Front

A new Italian exhibition explores the lengthy campaign between Italian and Austro-Hungarian forces in the Alps.

March 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Edinburgh petition for centenary memorial to conscientious objectors

Campaigners are calling for the creation of a memorial to conscientious objectors in Edinburgh in 2016, the centenary of Britain introducing conscription during the First World War.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Allied troops land at Gallipoli

One of the most controversial campaigns of the First World War began on April 25th 1915, when the Allied powers invaded the Gallipoli peninsula with the aim of knocking Turkey out of the war.

May 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Italian President leads commemoration of country’s entry into First World War

President Sergio Mattarella attended commemorations in Rome and Fiuli Venezia Giulia to mark the 100th anniversary of Italy’s entry into the First World War on May 24th 2015.

June 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Online project explores Middle Eastern front during First World War

Cardiff University is leading the project ‘Vews of an Antique Land’ that aims to bring attention to the First World War campaigns in Egypt and Palestine, and honour the men who fought in them.