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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 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News in Brief: 9th – 16th May 2014

Centenary News in brief this week includes: a new exhibition on ‘Portugal and the Great War’ at the National Library of Portugal; a talk on Ottoman Perspectives of the conflict at Zurich University; a petition in the UK for Edith Cavell to feature on the £2 coin; and a Centenary conference at Georgia Fwinnett College, America.

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 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.

July 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Your Loving Son: The Letters Home of Cuthbert H T Lucas 1914 – 1918

History teacher Steve Warburton begins a series of articles, based on the diaries and weekly letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas, which reveal a unique perspective on the First World War from beginning to end.

Author: Steve Warburton

July 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Your Loving Son: The Letters Home of Cuthbert H T Lucas 1914 – 1918

October 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Trail of Poppies Expedition

From April 2015 Phil Brotherton will spend roughly three months travelling across 12 countries to raise money for the Royal British Legion and the German Volksbund.