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April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli: Veterans’ relations travel to Turkey for Centenary tribute

Fifteen descendants of veterans who took part in the Gallipoli campaign are travelling to Turkey this week to attend the commemorations marking the centenary of the Allied landings in 1915.

April 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Article: Remembering female munitions workers of the First World War

An article in The Guardian highlights the vital role women played in the war effort, particularly in munitions production.

April 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: summary of major events today & tomorrow

A Centenary News overview of major national and international events taking place today (April 24th 2015) and tomorrow (Anzac Day) to mark the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Allied troops land at Gallipoli

One of the most controversial campaigns of the First World War began on April 25th 1915, when the Allied powers invaded the Gallipoli peninsula with the aim of knocking Turkey out of the war.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary draws record Anzac Day crowds

Tributes have been paid in Turkey and around the world to all those who fought in the Gallipoli campaign 100 years ago.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: Remembrance at Edinburgh Castle, April 25

The service charity, Legion Scotland, hosts commemorations at Edinburgh Castle on April 25th 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.

April 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 flight pioneer’s office ‘reopens’ at RAF Museum

The office of British aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White has been meticulously recreated by the Royal Air Force Museum, using a sole surviving photo from 1915.

April 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Book Review – Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania by Diana Preston

Centenary News Review: ‘This is a lively and comprehensive account of the sinking of the Lusitania, its aftermath, and the controversies which still swirl around the disaster. Diana Preston weaves a narrative of intrigue and foreboding that describes how the pride of the Cunard fleet sailed into the sights of a German submarine off the Irish coast a century ago.’

Publication Date: 09 Apr 2015

Author: Diana Preston

May 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

London lecture to examine lessons of 1918 flu pandemic

The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War will be discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015.

May 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Lusitania sunk by German U-boat

The British transatlantic liner, Lusitania, was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7th 1915, provoking American outrage at the deaths of neutral US passengers.