Education – Page 33 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Belgrade falls, Bulgaria enters war & Allies land at Salonika

The Central Powers captured Belgrade on October 9th 1915 as the Allies launched a belated attempt to help Serbia by landing troops in neighbouring Greece.

October 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Nurse Edith Cavell executed in occupied Belgium

Edith Cavell, a British nurse working in Belgium during the First World War, was executed by the German occupation authorities on October 12th 1915.

October 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Edith Cavell relative to speak at screening of 1928 film in Leeds

A relative of Edith Cavell is to speak at a rare screening of Dawn, a silent film telling the story of the executed British nurse in occupied Brussels during the First World War.

October 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘The Major Battles of 1916’ – Paris conference calls for papers

The major First World War battles of 1916 will be the focus for an international conference hosted by French Centenary organisation Mission Centenaire 14-18 and its Scientific Council in June 2016.

October 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

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

International academics take part in a conference in Brussels focussing on the First World War as a key event in the development of the European nation state.

October 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Gallipoli commander Sir Ian Hamilton ordered home

General Sir Ian Hamilton, British commander-in-chief at Gallipoli, was recalled on October 16th 1915 amid arguments about the future of the campaign.

October 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Survey reveals WW1 Irish Sea shipwrecks

Scientists have captured the ‘most detailed images ever’ of First World War shipwrecks in the Irish Sea, says Ulster University’s Dr Ruth Plets who has led a survey marking the Centenary.

October 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary tour for Edinburgh school students

Students from two schools in Edinburgh have visited the Gallipoli battlefields on a second tour organised by the UK-based Gallipoli Centenary Education Project.

October 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand’s latest WW1 trail guide follows the Western Front

New Zealand has released its latest interactive guide to First World War battlefields of significance for New Zealanders, this time exploring the Western Front.

October 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Italian conference to debate century of humanitarian crisis 1915-2015

The fate of millions of First World War refugees will be explored at a conference in Italy from November 4-6 as Europe again struggles with a humanitarian emergency.

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