United Kingdom – Page 36 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British and German ambassadors visit Saint-Symphorien cemetery near Mons ahead of Centenary

The British and German ambassadors to Belgium have visited Commonwealth War Graves Commission St Symphorien Military Cemetery near the city of Mons.

February 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Daughter of First World War Poet Edmund Blunden to speak at Oxford

Margi Blunden, daughter of the First World War poet, Edmund Blunden, will remember her father at Oxford University’s WW1 Poetry Spring School in April 2014.

February 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Cabbage soup again’ – the hardships & resilience of men held in Germany’s Ruhleben prison camp

Elgin Strub-Ronayne writes for Centenary News about the story of how more than 5,000 mainly British men spent the entire four years of the First World War held captive in the heart of Germany.

Author: Elgin Strub-Ronayne

February 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Cabbage soup again’ – the hardships & resilience of men held in Germany’s Ruhleben prison camp

Elgin Strub-Ronayne writes for Centenary News about the story of how more than 5,000 mainly British men spent the entire four years of the First World War held captive in the heart of Germany.

February 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Royal Alexandra and Albert School plans First World War Centenary commemorations

Schools across the world are planning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War. One such school in England is planning a series of events and projects.

February 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Inside Ruhleben – The untold story of the First World War prison camp in the heart of Germany

The remarkable story of how more than 5,000 mainly British men spent the entire four years of the First World War held captive in the heart of Germany can be revealed by Centenary News.

February 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First Minister of Wales unveils design for First World War memorial in Belgium

First Minister Carwyn Jones has unveiled the design of a new memorial to commemorate Welsh soldiers who fought during the First World War.

February 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Trent to Trenches: Great War Centenary Weekend, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire’s Centenary programme, Trent to Trenches, will include a “commemorative living history event” on the 100th anniversary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.

February 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Council report “confirms low levels of knowledge about the international aspects of the First World War”

The British Council has commissioned a report, entitled, Remember the World as well as the War, which states that the UK public has a “limited” knowledge of the First World War’s global dimension and its legacy.

February 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

What does the British Council’s report on global understandings of the First World War say?

Centenary News highlights the key findings of the British Council’s ‘Remember the World as well as the War’ report on understandings of the global dimesnion of the First World War.

Author: Daniel Barry