United Kingdom – Page 55 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

National Maritime Museum: ‘Forgotten Fighters: The First World War at Sea’

The National Maritime Museum in London is marking the Centenary of the First World War with a new exhibition which highlights the war at sea.

July 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

300,000 Commonwealth war grave records put online for First World War Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched new online resources to make it easier to locate and visit memorials of relatives killed in the First World War.

July 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

300,000 Commonwealth war grave records put online for First World War Centenary

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched new online resources to make it easier to locate and visit memorials of relatives killed in the First World War.

July 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry launches on new computer app

The First World War poems of Wilfred Owen, including Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum Est, are explored on a newly launched computer app.

July 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry launches on new computer app

The First World War poems of Wilfred Owen, including Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum Est, are explored on a newly launched computer application

July 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War veteran ‘dazzles’ London for the Centenary

A strikingly modern version of the dazzle camouflage used at sea in the First World War can now be seen on the River Thames in the heart of London.

July 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Planes moved across England for RAF Museum’s new ‘First World War in the Air’ exhibition

Three iconic aircraft have been moved to the Royal Air Force Museum’s Cosford site for a new exhibition about the use of air power in the First World War.

July 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Prince William and David Cameron open Imperial War Museum’s new First World War Galleries

Prince William and the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, have officially opened the new First World War Galleries at the Imperial War Museum in London.

July 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Historic Vauxhall staff car on show for the First World War Centenary

A veteran military staff car has been made ready for display by Vauxhall during the UK’s First World War Centenary commemorations.

July 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Keeping Post: The Post Office during the First World War

Sally Wenham, who writes for the Post Office shop blog, reveals the First World War research she has been doing to coincide with the release of a selection of coins and stamps.

Author: Sally Wenham