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April 2, 2013 CN Editorial Team

New First World War Novel ‘Harvard 1914’ to be subject of talk by author at Harvard University

A novel centred around the First World War will be the subject of talks at Harvard University and in London in April and May 2013.

April 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Black Watch statue to be unveiled in Belgium for Centenary

The BBC reports that a statue dedicated to the 8,000 Black Watch officers and soldiers who died in the First World War will be unveiled in Belgium in 2014.

April 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Signed Arthur Conan Doyle poem, ‘Ypres September 1915’, to be auctioned

Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers is to auction a revised manuscript of Doyle’s wartime poem, ‘Ypres September 1915’.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National Archives completes digitisation of First World War unit diaries

The National Archives at Kew, England, has completed the digitisation of First World War unit diaries, which are to be made available “before the centenary period begins”.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

First World War “historical treasure chest” found in Dundee, Scotland, to be opened for Centenary

The Courier reports a woman in Dundee researching her family history has located a “historical treasure chest” from the First World War, which be opened in 2014 as part of Centenary commemorations.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

BBC Radio commissions Centenary drama to run from 2014-2018

BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a drama serial about life on the British Home Front during the First World War.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British First World War soldiers to be re-interred at cemetery in France

The British Army has announced that two British First World War soldiers, alongside the remains of two unidentified soldiers, are to be re-interred at the Honourable Artillery Company Cemetery in France.

April 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Heritage Lottery Fund grants First World War B-type bus restoration £750,000 in funding

The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded six London projects a total of £3.65 million, including the restoration of a B-type bus which ferried troops from London to the Western Front during the First World War.

April 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Highlights from the March 2013 Wellington College Great War Centenary Conference

Highlights from the Great War Centenary Conference, which Centenary News has been filming over the past few weeks, held on Thursday 14th March 2013 at Wellington College Berkshire.

April 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Britain’s Faith and Communities Minister honours First World War Indian soldiers

Britain’s Faith and Communities Minister, Baroness Warsi, honoured the 1.2 million men from the Indian Army who fought for Britain during the First World War.