Controversies – Page 20 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Call to share WW1 stories with ‘unaware’ Millennials

UK armed forces charity SSAFA is urging families to pass on their First World War stories, after research suggesting many young people don’t know facts about the conflict.

February 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Hospital ship Glenart Castle sunk

More than 160 lives were lost when the hospital ship Glenart Castle was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the early hours of 26 February 1918.

March 3, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Russia’s First World War involvement formally ended on 3 March 1918 with acceptance of tough peace terms at German headquarters on the Eastern Front.

June 20, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Remembering the 1918 Chilwell explosion

The 100th anniversary of one of the worst disasters on Britain’s home front in WW1 is to be commemorated in Nottinghamshire with talks, exhibitions and a special remembrance service.

July 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Revolutionaries kill Russian royal family

Nicholas II – last Tsar of Russia and the first of Europe’s imperial rulers toppled in WW1 – was killed, together with his family, by Bolshevik revolutionaries on 17 July 1918.

August 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

First World War censorship under scrutiny in New Zealand

The impact of information curbs imposed during the Great War is scrutinised in a collection of essays, cartoons and a video from New Zealand’s WW100 Centenary programme.

August 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Britain presents SS Mendi bell to South Africa

The bell from the troopship SS Mendi, sunk with the loss of more than 600 South African soldiers during the First World War, has been handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to commemorate their sacrifice.

September 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Reports: German President for UK Cenotaph ceremony?

Ahead of the official announcement, newspapers in Britain reported plans to invite Germany’s head-of-state to the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, which this year coincides with the Armistice Centenary.

November 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’

James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.

Author: James Smith

November 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’

James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.