The Blitz of 1918
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Baldwin’s pessimism was based on a crucial – but often overlooked – episode in the First World War that was to influence decisively the course of the Second …
Art that brings life to the Leas
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Christian Boltanski picked up on the same themes as Wallinger, digging up letters from locals from First World War soldiers and having them recorded and …
Senate to honor last living US vet of WWI
CNN – USA
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The US Senate will honor the last living American World War I veteran Wednesday, 107-year-old Frank Woodruff Buckles. …
Belfast Mayor calls for civic remembrance
BBC News – UK
Tom Hartley, Sinn Fein, said that he would lay a wreath at the city hall on 1 July in memory of the Somme fallen of WWI, but not at the military ceremony. …
Love letters to a doomed WWI soldier found
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Chris Hastings and Beth Jones Passionate love letters written to a soldier days before he was killed in action during the First World War have been …
Verdun battlefield tells historic tale
Times and Transcript – Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada
France’s President Jacques Chirac, right, stands in front of the monument to French Jewish soldiers who were killed during The First World War, in Douaumont …
‘Billy Bishop’ revisits WWI fears and thrills
Boston Globe – United States
GLOUCESTER – “Billy Bishop Goes to War” has an almost cult status in Canada. But despite multiple awards, a Broadway staging produced by Mike Nichols, …
WWI treasure trove being uncovered in Edinburgh
stv.tv – UK
A treasure trove of photographs, memories and letters from the First World War is being uncovered in Edinburgh today. Members of the public have been …
Last Austro-Hungarian WWI veteran dies aged 107
ABC Online – Australia
The last surviving World War I veteran from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire died just short of his 108th birthday in southern Germany, officials in the …
Virtual museum of World War One
BBC News – UK
… said: “This is a tremendous opportunity to uncover some amazing and previously unknown artefacts from the WWI which might otherwise never see the light …
Dying WWI veterans fuel history
The National – Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
David Crossland / The National BERLIN // The death last month in Germany of one of the last surviving veterans of the First World War has provided a fresh …
Scottish-led archaeology find may help finally lay to rest missing …
Sunday Herald – Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Tim Whitford, first world war historian, was drawn to the site after a medal was found from the same town his missing great uncle lived in. …
Archaeologists hopeful they have found graves of First World War …
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Jasper Copping Archaeologists searching for a mass grave containing the bodies of hundreds of British and Australian soldiers killed in a First World War …