Memorials – Page 4 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australian War Memorial Centenary digitisation project ‘ANZAC Connections’ underway

The Australian War Memorial is currently undertaking a digitisation project “to create a comprehensive digital archive of the ANZACs and their deeds, and of the wider Australian experience of war”.

May 23, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead launches Centenary research project

A project to mark the Centenary in the English borough of Windsor and Maidenhead will map the 186 memorial sites in the area and list the names of fallen soldiers on an interactive website.

May 23, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australian War Memorial to sell “special range of promotional merchandise” for Centenary

The Canberra Times has reported that the Australian War Memorial will sell “promotional merchandise” during the Anzac Centenary.

June 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Remembrance trail ‘Following in Wilfred Owen’s Footsteps’ opens in France

A new audio-guided walking trail has been opened by Nord Tourisme in France, which plots a six kilometre (3.7 miles) route in memory of the poet Wilfred Owen’s life.

June 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Remains of two Austro-Hungarian First World War soldiers to be buried in Italy

Following the discovery of the remains of two Austro-Hungarian soldiers from the First World War in September 2012, a remembrance and burial service will take place.

June 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

UK Government announces battlefield visits for schoolchildren to mark First World War Centenary

Further details have been released about plans to provide “student ambassadors” from schools in England and Wales the opportunity to visit First World War battlefields to mark the Centenary.

June 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Plans to construct memorial arch dedicated to First World War soldiers in Folkestone, England

The BBC has reported that a “memorial arch” in honour of First World War troops will be built to mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the conflict.

June 18, 2013 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand National War Memorial Park

The New Zealand Government has announced that work on the National War Memorial Park “is progressing well and is on target for the opening to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 2015”.

June 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War trawler in South Georgia could return to city of Hull, England, for Centenary

Merco Press reports that an historic First World War trawler on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia, originally from the English city of Hull, could be returned to city for the Centenary.

June 25, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Belgian royalty oversee inauguration of British First World War HMS Vindictive memorial

The King and Queen of Belgium have overseen a ceremony in Belgium at the HMS Vindictive memorial, after its restoration and relocation.