Centenary – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Top officials gather in Serbia to commemorate the Battle of Cer

International officials laid wreaths at a ceremony commemorating the Serb victory over the Austro-Hungarians at the Battle of Cer in 1914.

September 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

“From Flanders Fields” resurrects the writers of the trenches in New York

Flanders House New York and the Arts in the Armed Forces organised a commemorative arts event on August 4th 2014. Josef Goodman went to the performance, and has written this report for Centenary News.

September 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

“From Flanders Fields” resurrects the writers of the trenches in New York

Author: Josef Goodman

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company 18 Pounder Gun Project

The Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company (RAAHC) has undertaken a project to deliver an original WW1 Quick Firing 18 Pounder gun and ammunition limber complete with horse team and gun detatchment.

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Trail of Poppies Expedition

From April 2015 Phil Brotherton will spend roughly three months travelling across 12 countries to raise money for the Royal British Legion and the German Volksbund.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The First World War: Perspectives of the Home Front

This one-day conference, presented by the Royal United Services Institute, will address ideas of the ‘Home Front’, with key themes ranging from social and political upheaval, mobilisation, civilian-military interaction, commemoration and linkages to contemporary developments, with the intention of adding to our wider understanding of the First World War.

End Date: 05 Nov 2014

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company 18 Pounder Gun Project

November 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

“Feeding the Enemy: The Hidden History of the ‘Commission for the Relief of Belgium’/CRB”

The ‘Beyond the 1914-1918 Centenary’ initiative is organising a series of lectures in Brussels to mark the Centenary of the First World War. The next lecture in this series will concern 'The Commission for the Relief of Belgium'/C.R.B.

End Date: 07 Nov 2014

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Public Lecture: The Nature and Character of Military Medicine from the First World War to Today’s Conflicts

Northumbria University will be hosting a public lecture featuring Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Jowan Penn-Barwell on Tuesday 11 November. The lecture will be centred on the Navy medics role in the First World War, as well as the advances in medicine from WWI until the present.

End Date: 11 Nov 2014

November 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Somaliland marks First World War Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission reports that in East Africa, the Centenary of the First World War was remembered at Hargeisa War Cemetery, Somaliland.