Digital – Page 7 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

“Huge interest” expected in military pension records of those who fought in the Irish Easter Rising and War of Independence

The Irish Times reports that the Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht is expecting “huge interest” from the public in Irish records from the early 20th century, which will made available this month.

January 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Digital records of Ireland’s First World War dead launched in Dublin

The records of Irish soldiers who died during the First World War have been digitised following collaboration between Google and the In Flanders Fields Museum.

January 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War unit diaries go online to mark Centenary

The UK National Archives has digitised thousands of First World War unit diaries, which are now available to view online.

January 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

NZ On Air awards contract for live TV coverage of Chunuk Bair service for Gallipoli Centenary

NZ On Air has awarded Maori Television a contract for the live television coverage of the Anzac Day 2015 commemorative service at Chunuk Bair in Turkey.

January 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

BBC launch trailer for World War One season to mark the Centenary

The BBC has released the official launch trailer for its World War One Season, which will run from 2014 – 2018, to mark the Centenary of the conflict.

January 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News films the WFA’s ‘Great War Underground’ conference

Centenary News has filmed The Great War Underground, a conference organised by the WFA and the National Army Museum to explore the hidden world of the tunnellers who fought below ground.

January 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News films the WFA’s ‘Great War Underground’ conference

Centenary News has filmed The Great War Underground, a conference organised by the Western Front Association and the National Army Museum to explore the hidden world of the tunnellers who fought below ground.

January 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK National Archives digitises First World War Certificates of Exemption from fighting

The records of more than 8,000 British men who pleaded not to fight in the First World War have been put online by the National Archives in London.

January 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

BBC’s Dan Snow asks: How did so many soldiers survive the trenches?

As the BBC prepares to mark the Centenary with its World War One season, historian Dan Snow asks: ‘How did so many soldiers survive the trenches?’

January 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘The Army Children of the First World War’ Centenary project

The Army Children Archive (TACA) has developed a project to mark the Centenary of the First World War, which focuses on children during the conflict who had fathers serving in the British Army.