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January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers

Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have been made available to researchers and members of the public.

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers

Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have been made available to researchers and members of the public..

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

British minister launches battlefields legacy project for schools

The British Government has launched a new project designed to encourage pupils who’ve visited the First World War battlefields to share their experiences with local communities.

February 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Germany intensifies U-boat war

Germany stepped up its submarine campaign, with a warning on February 4th 1915 that all merchant ships in the seas around the British Isles risked attack without warning.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Launch of new website for information on all UK war memorials

Britain’s First World War Minister, Helen Grant, has announced a four-year programme to create ukwarmemorials.org, a ‘one stop shop’ for information on all UK war memorials.

February 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site

The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict.

February 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site

The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict

February 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Legacy of First World War Scottish bagpipers explored in Sutherland

Musicians and researchers in the north of Scotland are working together to explore the role of music, particularly the bagpipes, during the First World War.

February 17, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli education project features at student conference in Germany

The Gallipoli Centenary Education Project is taking two UK students to Germany, to speak about the Gallipoli campaign at an international conference on 19/20th February 2015.

February 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

UK Navy Museum launches first ‘crowdfunding’ appeal for Gallipoli survivor

Crowdfunding has been adopted by the UK’s National Museum of the Royal Navy for the first time to help complete the task of conserving the Gallipoli warship, HMS M.33.