A season of events exploring ‘how the First World War has shaped today’s society’ is starting at Imperial War Museums with Lest We Forget? – an exhibition at IWM North, Manchester.
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‘Storming the Skies’ – The First World War in Italy in photos
Centenary News toured an exhibition of photographs at the Army & Navy Club in London offering a rare glimpse, for UK eyes, of the First World War campaigns on the Italian Front.
Continue readingRoyal tribute for Battle of Amiens Centenary
At this week’s centenary commemorations, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to Allied cooperation delivering the success of the Battle of Amiens in August 1918.
Continue readingLiverpool remembers the Chinese Labour Corps
The latest in a series of events across the UK commemorating the First World War service of the Chinese Labour Corps has been held at Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool.
Continue readingFrance & Germany to host Armistice Centenary ‘Youth for Peace’ forum
Hundreds of young people from Europe and neighbouring countries will meet in Berlin in November 2018 to develop present-day ideas for peace in the light of issues raised by the end of the First World War 100 years ago.
Continue readingBritain presents SS Mendi bell to South Africa
The bell from the troopship SS Mendi, sunk with the loss of more than 600 South African soldiers during the First World War, has been handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa to commemorate their sacrifice.
Continue readingCentenary revival for opera of love & betrayal in WW1 France
An opera based on the true story of stranded British soldiers who were sheltered by French villagers from 1914-16 is being revived for a First World War Centenary production.
Continue readingPoppy sculpture ‘Wave’ in Centenary finale at IWM North
Wave, one of the touring Tower of London poppy sculptures, is going on display at Imperial War Museums’ waterfront site in Manchester, its final stop of the First World War Centenary.
Continue reading‘Diggers & Doughboys’ – special exhibition at US National WWI Museum
A century of military ties between Australia and America, beginning on the Western Front in 1918, is explored through art in a new exhibition opening at the US National WWI Museum & Memorial, Kansas City.
Continue readingCall for Papers -The First World War: Past, Present, Future
The First World War Network of early career and postgraduate researchers is seeking papers for a conference in Edinburgh in June 2019 embracing multiple aspects of WW1.
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