Digital – Page 19 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Online project to share stories of British sailors at the Battle of Jutland

Britain’s Royal Navy Museum has launched a digital project to map stories of sailors who fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

March 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Revealed: Most popular First World War baby names

The battles of the Great War were the most popular choice for families naming babies after wartime events, research by the UK National Archives reveals.

April 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – New CWGC guides to remembering thousands lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is encouraging people to remember the Battle of Jutland, with the launch of new commemorative resources for the May 2016 Centenary.

April 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary website launches video exploring 1916 battle

Nick Jellicoe, grandson of the British commander-in-chief at Jutland, narrates a new video describing key episodes in the biggest naval battle of the First World War.

April 20, 2016 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Australian hospital sketches revealed in France

Previously unpublished portraits of Australian and British soldiers have been released online in a centenary tribute to the Allied forces who fought in France during the First World War.

April 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

CWGC marks Siege of Kut Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has published an article and audio clips on its website, remembering the fall of Kut 100 years ago.

May 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Designs sought for remembrance path marking Somme Centenary

The UK government is inviting people to make their mark on a remembrance path being laid in Manchester for the Battle of the Somme Centenary on July 1st 2016.

May 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – IWM call to share remembrance online

Ahead of the Battle of Jutland Centenary, the public are being to urged discover and share stories of the men who fought on Imperial War Museums’ digital memorial, Lives of the First World War.

June 12, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary app explores Battle of the Somme

The events of the Battle of the Somme as they unfolded in 1916 are told in a new app released by the Royal British Legion and tv historian Dan Snow.

June 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC launches ‘Thiepval App’

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched an app for the Battle of the Somme Centenary, helping visitors to locate soldiers’ names on the Thiepval Memorial.