United Kingdom – Page 35 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘The Army Children of the First World War’ Centenary project

The Army Children Archive (TACA) has developed a project to mark the Centenary of the First World War, which focuses on children during the conflict who had fathers serving in the British Army.

January 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK announces ‘Last Post’ mass participation music project for Centenary

The UK’s Communities Secretary has announced that a mass participation music project for 300 communities will take place in every year of the Centenary.

January 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New book adds 500,000 to estimates of First World War military dead

A new history of the First World War says the number of soldiers killed or who died on active service has been massively underestimated.

January 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Western Front Association’s ‘Great War Underground’ Conference – Andy Prada

In the latest video upload from the Western Front Association & National Army Museum's 'Great War Underground' conference, Andy Prada provides "an introduction to military mining".

January 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Petition to honour executed nurse Edith Cavell on UK Centenary coin passes 50,000 names

Almost 51,000 people have now backed a campaign to have the executed British nurse, Edith Cavell, honoured on a £2 coin commemorating the First World War Centenary.

February 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New BBC series revealing 1,400 stories of life on the UK Home Front starts in February 2014

The BBC is preparing to launch a major series of programmes highlighting the impact of the First World War on people across the nations and regions of the UK as they went about their daily lives.

February 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Simon Jenkins’ “apology” to Germany for “sickening avalanche of First World War worship” proves divisive

An article in The Guardian by Simon Jenkins has provoked nearly a thousand comments as he “apologises” to Germany as the Centenary approaches.

February 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Niall Ferguson: “Britain should have stayed out of First World War”

In an interview with BBC History Magazine, the historian Niall Ferguson has said that Britain should have “stayed out” of the First World War, describing the decision to enter the conflict as “the biggest error in modern history”.

February 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Giant photos at IWM North Manchester mark vital role of women on the First World War Home Front

The vital contribution of women to the Home Front in the First World War is being marked with a giant display of photographs from the Imperial War Museum’s archives at IWM North in Manchester.

February 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK Minister says there will be “no dancing in the street” over Britain’s role in the First World War

Britain’s Minister for Sport, Tourism & Equalities, Helen Grant MP, has stated that there will be no celebration of Britain’s victory in the First World War.