United Kingdom – Page 39 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

From belligerence to pacifism: how church leaders faced the dilemmas of the First World War

Senior figures in the Church of England differed widely in their reactions to the First World War, says the author of a republished history of the wartime church.

March 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Hidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast

A practice battlefield used to train soldiers before they were sent to the Western Front has been discovered on England’s South Coast after being hidden for decades in dense undergrowth.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

March 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Hidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast

Historian Dan Snow talks to Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, about a First World War practice battlefield discovered in undergrowth on the south coast of England.

March 8, 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.

March 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Wills of 26,000 Scottish First World War soldiers to be made available online

The wills of 26,000 Scottish soldiers who died in the First World War are to be made available by the National Records of Scotland via ScotlandsPeople.

March 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Dunham Massey country house reconverted into First World War military hospital

Dunham Massey country house in Cheshire, England, has been reconverted to reflect its role as Stamford Military Hospital during the First World War.

March 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Women’s roles in the First World War to be remembered in the UK

The role women played in the First World War is being remembered in a series of exhibitions, debates, lectures and conferences as the Centenary gets under way.