Digital – Page 20 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK online tribute to overseas Victoria Cross winners

A digital archive telling the stories of 175 overseas recipients of Britain’s highest award for valour has gone online as part of the UK Government’s First World War Centenary programme.

June 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Call to commemorate sportsmen who fell on the Somme

UK sports stars are backing a Royal British Legion call for sporting groups at all levels to remember their forebears who fought and died at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

August 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British WW1 warship HMS Falmouth ‘recreated’ on centenary of sinking

A Royal Navy cruiser torpedoed in August 1916 has been visualised as a 3D model in her last resting place beneath the waters of the North Sea.

August 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Understanding the Great War’ – education resource launched in US

The United States WWI Centennial Commission and America’s National World War I Museum & Memorial have teamed up to create a new online teaching resource aimed at increasing awareness of the Great War.

September 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Conscientious objection & dissent’ – New Zealand First World War study

Comprehensive lists of New Zealanders who opposed conscription in the Great War have been compiled for the first time, New Zealand Government historians have announced.

September 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The World Remembers’ – 1916 memorial event opens

The Canadian War Museum is among 60 institutions globally hosting the 2016 screening of The World Remembers’ – a video project commemorating the dead of the Great War.

December 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘A legacy for future generations’ – Auckland Museum’s new remembrance gallery

A new gallery for New Zealanders to discover and commemorate those who’ve served their country in war has opened at Auckland War Memorial Museum.

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ project to highlight ‘overlooked’ campaigns

A new project aims to raise awareness of the men and women from Britain and its former empire who served in the ‘often overlooked’ WW1 campaigns in Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Africa.

February 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Appeal for information about 15 First World War soldiers

Researchers are appealing for help to discover the personal stories of 15 First World War soldiers commemorated at the offices of Lloyd’s Register in London.

February 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Chemin des Dames: Centenary dossier from Mission Centenaire

Articles and videos explaining the Battle of the Chemin des Dames have been released together online by Mission Centenaire for the April 2017 Centenary.