Education – Page 31 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

1915 UK Merchant Navy records go online for WW1 Centenary

The names of hundreds of thousands of seafarers who kept Britain supplied in 1915, the first full year of the Great War, can be searched online for the first time.

July 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Brussels conference to debate ‘impact of Great War on nations and nationalism’

Academics gather in Brussels in October 2015 for an international conference focussing on the First World War as a key event in the development of the European nation state.

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July 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Nasiriyah in Mesopotamia campaign

British and Indian forces advancing into Turkish-ruled Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) took the town of Nasiriyah on July 24th 1915.

August 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

France: Projects invited to seek ‘Centenaire label’ for 2016

France’s Nord Département is inviting applications from local Great War projects seeking endorsement by the Centenary partnership, Mission Centenaire, in 2016.

August 3, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Help remember every soldier who fought at Battle of the Somme – IWM

Ahead of the Somme Centenary, Imperial War Museums is appealing for help to complete the stories of soldiers who fought in the 1916 battle on its digital memorial, Lives of the First World War.

August 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Warsaw falls to the German Army

The German Army captured Warsaw on August 4-5th 1915 as part of an offensive against the Russians across the Eastern Front.

August 5, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 researchers invited to ‘showcase’ studies at UK National Archives event

The National Archives is offering an opportunity to share recent First World War research at a September 2016 conference focussing on the Home Front.

August 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: August offensive starts at Gallipoli

The last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli was launched on August 6th 1915, with an attempt to break out of Anzac Cove and a British landing at Suvla Bay.

August 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Scotland in the Great War’ – WFA conference coming up in Dundee

Scotland’s contribution to the First World War will be featured at a Western Front Association conference in Dundee on September 19th 2015.

August 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 researchers open database of New Zealanders who went to war

Researchers have launched a website aimed at providing a comprehensive biographical record of all New Zealanders who served overseas in the First World War.