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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 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Wilfred Owen’s home given special status on National Heritage List

The last permanent home of the celebrated First World War poet, Lieutenant Wilfred Owen MC, has been listed as a Grade II protected building by British Heritage Minister Ed Vaizey.

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

British minister launches battlefields legacy project for schools

The British Government has launched a new project designed to encourage pupils who’ve visited the First World War battlefields to share their experiences with local communities.

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Parliament of New South Wales presents new exhibition

The Parliament of New South Wales is marking the Centenary with a free public exhibition titled ‘Politics & Sacrifice: NSW Parliament and the Anzacs’, exploring the political aspects of the Great War.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Launch of new website for information on all UK war memorials

Britain’s First World War Minister, Helen Grant, has announced a four-year programme to create ukwarmemorials.org, a ‘one stop shop’ for information on all UK war memorials.

February 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Armenia makes Centenary call for Turkey to recognise 1915 killings as genocide

Armenia issued a Centenary declaration on January 29th 2015, repeating demands for Turkey to recognise the killing of Armenians during the First World War as genocide.

February 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Appeal finds family of Royal Navy’s first Great War Victoria Cross winner

A public appeal in the UK has successfully traced descendants of the first member of the Royal Navy to receive the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

February 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: Wellington’s Anzac Week events unveiled

New Zealand has announced plans for an ‘historic’ week of Anzac commemorations in Wellington to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landings, starting on April 18th 2015.

March 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary surge of visitors to Flanders

The number of tourists visiting West Flanders almost doubled in 2014, as the First World War centenary commemorations got under way.

March 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Britain pays tribute to First World War Victoria Cross winners from overseas

First World War holders of the Victoria Cross born overseas are remembered on 145 commemorative paving stones, unveiled at the UK’s National Memorial Arboretum in 2015. Peter Alhadeff reports.