Digital – Page 9 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Website explores First World War stories from the German town of Ettlingen

Stories of First World War soldiers from a small town in Germany are being rediscovered by a local website, as Centenary News' Peter Alhadeff explains.

February 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Website explores First World War stories from the German town of Ettlingen

Stories of First World War soldiers from the German town of Ettlingen are being told by a website using documents and photos in the local archives.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

March 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sir Max Hastings and Niall Ferguson: Was Britain right to fight in World War One?

As part of the BBC’s World War One season to mark the Centenary, historians Sir Max Hastings and Niall Ferguson have laid out different viewpoints on Britain’s role in the conflict.

March 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Czech Republic television series to mark First World War Centenary

The Czech Republic’s state broadcaster – eská Televize – has commissioned a twelve part documentary series exploring the country’s experience of the First World War

March 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Wills of 26,000 Scottish First World War soldiers to be made available online

The wills of 26,000 Scottish soldiers who died in the First World War are to be made available by the National Records of Scotland via ScotlandsPeople.

March 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Battlefield tactics revealed in latest online First World War diaries from UK National Archives

A second batch of almost 4,000 digitised First World War unit diaries from France and Flanders have been put online by the National Archives in London.

March 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth War Graves Commission ‘Virtual Cemetery’ teaching resource

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched a new education resource, which aims to help teachers engage students during the First World War Centenary.

March 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth War Graves Commission launches ‘Virtual Cemetery’ teaching resource for Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched a new education resource, which aims to help teachers engage students during the First World War Centenary.

April 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Top secret spy files from First World War go online

More than 150 top secret files from British intelligence agency MI5 of individuals and organisations involved in spying or being watched have been released online.

April 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Irish television and radio presenter explores his father’s experiences of the First World War

Ronan McGreevy, writing for The Irish Times, reports on research carried out by Irish television and radio presenter Gay Byrne, into his father’s life and experiences during the First World War.