United Kingdom – Page 34 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK states suggestion of Anzac “whitewash” during the Centenary is “completely wrong”

The UK has stated that any suggestions it will favour commemorating the “New Commonwealth” contribution during the First World War over Australia are “completely wrong”.

January 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Digital records of Ireland’s First World War dead launched in Dublin

The records of Irish soldiers who died during the First World War have been digitised following collaboration between Google and the In Flanders Fields Museum.

January 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Thousands call for nurse Edith Cavell to be commemorated on UK Centenary coin

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the nurse, Edith Cavell, to be remembered on a £2 coin being minted in the UK to mark the Centenary.

January 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War unit diaries go online to mark Centenary

The UK National Archives has digitised thousands of First World War unit diaries, which are now available to view online.

January 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Requiem with Durham Cathedral Choir to mark First World War Centenary

Durham Cathedral Choir will commemorate the Centenary of the First World War with a special service this March.

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January 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

BBC launch trailer for World War One season to mark the Centenary

The BBC has released the official launch trailer for its World War One Season, which will run from 2014 – 2018, to mark the Centenary of the conflict.

January 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News films the WFA’s ‘Great War Underground’ conference

Centenary News has filmed The Great War Underground, a conference organised by the WFA and the National Army Museum to explore the hidden world of the tunnellers who fought below ground.

January 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News films the WFA’s ‘Great War Underground’ conference

Centenary News has filmed The Great War Underground, a conference organised by the Western Front Association and the National Army Museum to explore the hidden world of the tunnellers who fought below ground.

January 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK National Archives digitises First World War Certificates of Exemption from fighting

The records of more than 8,000 British men who pleaded not to fight in the First World War have been put online by the National Archives in London.

January 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Britain’s National Army Museum starts Centenary project to honour the “forgotten” casualties of both World Wars

The National Army Museum in London has appointed two expert researchers to help honour unrecorded casualties of the First and Second World Wars.