United Kingdom – Page 52 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sex and the Somme. Soldiers visited brothels to escape the “lunatic world of war.”

Mike Swain listens to a lunchtime lecture given by UCL Teaching Fellow Dr Clare Makepeace entitled "Sex and the Somme" about the hundreds of thousands of First World War soldiers who used brothels.

June 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Tommies on the Aisne’ exhibition in France recalls 1914 battle where trench warfare started

A museum in France is telling the story of British and French military cooperation at the Western Front battle which marked the start of trench warfare in September 1914.

June 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Queen Elizabeth takes part in Northern Ireland Centenary commemoration

The BBC has reported on Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Northern Ireland, where she laid a wreath at Coleraine’s Cenotaph to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

June 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Author Tim Butcher speaks about Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin, Gavrilo Princip

Author and journalist, Tim Butcher, discusses The Trigger – his book about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, Gavrilo Princip – at Southwark Cathedral in London.

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June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Britain tells France to “refrain from displaying European Union flags” during Centenary

The Telegraph reports that Britain has privately told France to refrain from displaying the EU flag during Centenary commemorations.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Culture Secretary Sajid Javid sends letter to Unknown Soldier

British Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has added his letter to more than 3,000 that have been sent to an Unknown Soldier whose statue stands on London’s Paddington station.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New report considers the ambitions of teenagers from the First World War to the present day

The National Citizen Service has published a new report which explores the ambitions of teenagers over the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Report highlights teachers’ concerns about “war fatigue” in classrooms

A report which surveyed History and English teachers about how the First World War is taught and perceived has highlighted concerns about “war fatigue” in classrooms as the Centenary approaches.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Labour MP: Centenary commemorations “have to go further than the poppy fields of Flanders”

The British Labour politician, Dan Jarvis MP, has called for the UK’s national Centenary commemorations to reflect the “broader story” of the First World War.

June 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

International historians to debate Sarajevo 1914 ‘the South Slav Question’ at Southampton University

Southampton University in the UK is marking the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination with an international conference from June 26-28 2014.