There are two new smartphone apps designed to guide users in finding sites of remembrance and discovering stories of the First World War.
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Tag: France
Christmas truce: British general wrote of ‘extraordinary state of affairs’ at the front
A rare account of the Christmas truce has come to light in a newly discovered letter written by General Sir Walter Congreve on Christmas Day 1914.
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Christmas Truce: British general wrote of ‘extraordinary state of affairs’ at the front
A rare account of the Christmas truce has come to light in a newly discovered letter written by a British commander on Christmas Day 1914.
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Dassault Aviation to sponsor renovations of the Verdun Memorial
Dassault Aviation signed a sponsorship agreement with the French First World War Centenary Partnership on December 16th 2014 to help renovate the Verdun Memorial.
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100 Years Ago Today: The First Battle of Champagne
The First Battle of Champagne began on December 20th 1914 in the Champagne region of France. It was the first offensive by the Allies since initiation of trench warfare on the Western Front.
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100 Years Ago Today: The Christmas Truce
The historic ceasefires along the Western Front, today remembered as the Christmas truce, started on Christmas Day 1914 when gunfire briefly gave way to gifts and greetings in ‘no-man’s land.’
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A look back at some of the defining Centenary images of 2014
Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events in 2014 which marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
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Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries coming up in 2015
Centenary News looks ahead to some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2015.
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Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas. What a difference a month makes
It took just a month for the realities of war to strike home for Captain Cuthbert Lucas. Here, in a third extract for Centenary News from his letters home, he describes the increasingly desperate conditions his ‘Biscuit Boys’ were facing.
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Your Loving Son: The letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas. What a difference a month makes
It took just a month for the realities of war to strike home for Captain Cuthbert Lucas. Here, in a third extract for Centenary News from his letters home, he describes the increasingly desperate conditions his 'Biscuit Boys' were facing.
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