Digital – Page 21 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Safeguarding the underwater heritage of WW1′ – UN schools’ initiative

Materials for schools promoting awareness of First World War shipwrecks have been released for the Centenary by the United Nations agency, UNESCO.

March 31, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ – CWGC marks its 2017 Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is marking its Centenary year with the launch of new projects aimed at promoting awareness of its founding mission of remembrance in perpetuity.

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

April 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Arras tunnels survey presented for 2017 Centenary

Surveyors from the University of Otago have carried out a complex study of the First World War tunnels dug beneath Arras by New Zealand troops.

May 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ launches Centenary projects

Centenary News reports from the opening of ‘Away from the Western Front’, a new venture to raise awareness of WW1 campaigns in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East.

May 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to mine-sweeping trawler crew

A ceremony has been held on England’s south coast to commemorate 10 crewmen of the trawler HMT Arfon, lost on mine-sweeping duties in April 1917.

July 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Lest We Forget’ – Oxford campaign to save WW1 stories for future generations

An Oxford University team is leading a UK-wide drive to find and conserve First World War photos, letters and mementos beyond the close of the Centenary in 2018.

August 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘For Those in Peril’ – CWGC call to remember those lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is inviting individuals, groups and schools to research the stories of thousands of sailors commemorated on a distinctive trio of UK naval memorials.

August 30, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Discovering the Unknown – Asian Indian soldiers in the US Military during WWI

Stories of Asian Indians who served America in the Great War are being rediscovered and shared by researcher Tanveer Kalo – as he explains here in Centenary News.