France – Page 8 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary Education Project receives £100,000 Heritage Lottery Fund support

A research project which will bring together young people from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Turkey to commemorate the Gallipoli Campaign has received £100,000 funding support.

May 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Battle’ photo exhibition visits Paris ahead of UK First World War Centenary tour

An outdoor photographic exhibition, capturing the haunting beauty of many of the First World War battlefields as they are today, is on show at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.

May 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary countdown: view of key events coming up in Summer 2014 to mark the First World War Centenary

With less than two months to go before the First World War Centenary commemorations get under way in earnest, Centenary News lists key events taking place in the summer of 2014.

May 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Plans for restored London First World War bus to return to France and Belgium

A First World War London open-topped bus has been restored with the aim of returning it to the battlefields of France and Belgium in a “magical” Centenary tour.

Author: Mike Swain

May 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Plans for restored London First World War bus to return to France and Belgium

A First World War London open-topped bus has been restored with the aim of returning it to the battlefields of France and Belgium in a “magical” Centenary tour.

May 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Germany announces plans to donate stained glass windows to Reims Cathedral to mark Centenary

Germany’s Foreign Minister has announced his country’s intention to present six stained glass windows to Reims Cathedral to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

May 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Book of First World War newspapers will teach children about the Centenary

The UK’s largest private archive of historical newspapers is offering a free booklet of First World War newspapers to show how the conflict was reported at the time.

May 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Heritage chief becomes first woman to lead Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has appointed Victoria Wallace, Chief Executive of Leeds Castle, as its next Director General. She succeeds Alan Pateman-Jones who’s standing down in June 2014.

May 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Arthur Machen and his regret at starting the First World War myth of the Angels of Mons

Rosalie Parker, publicity officer of The Friends of Arthur Machen, explains how the First World War myth of the Angels of Mons grew out of a fictional story by the Welsh writer.

Author: Rosalie Parker

May 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Arthur Machen and his regret at starting the First World War myth of the Angels of Mons

Rosalie Parker, publicity officer of The Friends of Arthur Machen, explains how the First World War myth of the Angels of Mons grew out of a fictional story by the Welsh writer.