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.
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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.
Continue readingBook 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.
Continue readingHeritage 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.
Continue readingYour 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.
Continue readingYour 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.
Continue readingTrail 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.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Turkey goes to war
The Ottoman Empire entered the First World War on October 29th 1914, when its navy attacked Russian ports on the Black Sea.
Continue reading‘Echoes From The Deep: Wrecks of the Dardanelles Campaign’ Promotional Video
Echoes from the Deep is a unique book and documentary chronicling the exploration of shipwrecks which were sunk during the Dardanelles Campaign.
Continue readingCentenary 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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