Education – Page 38 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Online project to share stories of British sailors at the Battle of Jutland

Britain’s Royal Navy Museum has launched a digital project to map stories of sailors who fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

March 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Revealed: Most popular First World War baby names

The battles of the Great War were the most popular choice for families naming babies after wartime events, research by the UK National Archives reveals.

March 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary Education Project Schools Conference

The UK-based Gallipoli Centenary Education Project is holding a national conference for schools in Birmingham on March 14th 2016.

End Date: 14 Mar 2016

March 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Far From the Western Front’ – project remembering South Asian WW1 soldiers

Volunteers are being sought for a project in North London highlighting the stories of South Asian soldiers who fought for the Allies during the First World War.

March 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Russia’s Lake Naroch offensive against the German Army

Russia attacked on the Eastern Front on March 18th 1916, in a failed attempt to ease German pressure on France at Verdun.

March 31, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary study doubles New Zealand troop numbers at Gallipoli

The number of New Zealanders who fought at Gallipoli is ‘certain to have been more than 16,000’, military historians in New Zealand say.

April 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Forgotten Wrecks’ project finds German WW1 warships in Portsmouth

Archaeologists have identifed the remains of two German First World War destroyers in Portsmouth Harbour, home of Britain’s Royal Navy.

April 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jutland Centenary – New CWGC guides to remembering thousands lost at sea

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is encouraging people to remember the Battle of Jutland, with the launch of new commemorative resources for the May 2016 Centenary.

April 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Actor Hugh Dennis joins CWGC call to remember war dead commemorated in UK

Centenary News reports from the launch of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission initiative encouraging the British public to explore ‘forgotten’ memorials in the UK during the Somme Centenary.

April 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News focus on US First World War volunteers

Patrick Gregory discusses how America’s voluntary effort took shape in WW1, as a new exhibition opens at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Author: Patrick Gregory