United Kingdom – Page 12 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Academics, actors and politicians are among those who criticise Britain’s plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War

A wide ranging group of British public figures have signed an open letter, criticising the nature of national Centenary plans in Britain.

May 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Interpreting Telecommunications in the Great War: A workshop for museum interpreters, archivists and historians

A workshop focusing on telecommunications during the First World War is to be held at the University of Leeds, England, on 28th June 2013.

End Date: 28 Jun 2013

May 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Government responds to criticism over First World War Centenary plans

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responded to an open letter criticising the nature of national plans to mark the Centenary in Britain.

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 24, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First Minister of Scotland announces five year programme for First World War Centenary

The First Minister of Scotland has announced a five year programme of events, lasting until 2019, to mark the Centenary of the First World War in Scotland.

May 27, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Should Britain be spending £55 million to mark the Centenary of the First World War?

Writing in The Guardian, Professor Sir Hew Strachan and writer AL Kennedy consider plans in Britain to spend £55 million to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

May 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Leading Scottish think tank labels Scotland’s First World War Centenary plans a “whitewash”

The Scotsman has reported that a leading Scottish think tank has called Scottish Government proposals to mark the Centenary of the First World War a “whitewash”.

May 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary project plans to locate First World War British and German submarines sunk off the English coast

The Telegraph has reported that a new English Heritage research project will aim to locate the wrecks of British and German submarines sunk off the English coast during the First World War.

May 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Research paper: ‘Edith’s Wonderland: In memoriam of Edith Cavell’

Hugo Lueders has made available a paper regarding the British First World War nurse Edith Cavell, entitled 'Edith's Wonderland: In memoriam of Edith Cavell'.

May 30, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘The lessons of the First World War are not a settled question in modern Britain, nor is how to commemorate it’

An article in The Guardian questions Britain's plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War and if a national, unifying commemoration can be achieved.