Events – Page 30 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Reflections on three Boston World War One exhibitions

Susan Werbe has attended three World War I exhibitions in her hometown of Boston, Massachusetts and has written her reflections in a feature for Centenary News.

Author: Susan Werbe

January 14, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Scotland to mark Centenary of First World War troop train disaster in 2015

The worst rail crash in UK history will be remembered as part of Scotland’s First World War Centenary commemorations in 2015.

January 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Fiji holds commemoration for World War I Contingent

President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau led a commemoration ceremony on December 31st 2014 in honour of the Fijians who served in World War I.

January 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: first air raids on UK leave four dead

Britain came under attack from the air for the first time on January 19th 1915, when German Zeppelins raided the Norfolk coast, killing four people.

January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Descendants of Gallipoli campaign invited to take part in London commemoration event

Descendants of the Galipoli campaign have been invited by the British government to take part in a commemoration event – to be held in London in April 2015

January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update: UK’s first air raid victims honoured in Great Yarmouth

The victims of the first air raid on Britain, carried out by German Zeppelins during the First World War, were remembered in the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth on January 19th 2015.

January 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Cobh, Ireland, to commemorate the sinking of RMS Lusitania

The passenger liner Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915, will be commemorated with a series of events in the Irish port of Cobh, starting on February 1st 2015.

January 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Women of Empire exhibition launches for 2015

An exhibition which celebrates the contribution of women from Australia and New Zealand who served in the First World War will be launched in Geelong, Victoria on February 20th 2015.

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Call For Papers: Tourism, Leisure and War at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal

The Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal has issued a call for papers for its upcoming conference on Tourism, Leisure and War, which will be held from June 25th-27th 2015.

End Date: 27 Jun 2015

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Conference in The Hague to restage Versailles Treaty talks

The controversial peace treaties which ended the First World War will be renegotiated by young people as part of an international conference in The Hague from June 22nd-26th 2015.