Lights Out as Britain Commemorates WWI
The centenary of the First World War is underway, and Britain recently underwent the Lights Out Initiative, in which citizens and officials spent a bit…
Royal Mint Releases £20 Coin in Celebration of the WWI Centenary
The Royal Mint recently released the £20 coin to celebrate the centenary of the start of the First World War. The Royal Mint struck 250,000 £20 coins…
Fear, French WWI Novel Regains Popularity
The French novel Fear, written during the First World War, has recently grown somewhat in popularity due to the resurgence of many war-era writings. This…
Mystery behind Portrait of WWI Officer Solved
The identity of the unknown WWI officer, which had hung in Wales’ Camarthen County Museum for years have finally been uncovered…one hundred years after his…
India: Neglected WWI Graves to be Restored
Some of the headstones of these WWI graves may have the words Gone but Not Forgotten carved on them, but the state they are in, neglected with…
Cotswolds Village and 12 Other “Doubly Thankful” Villages: Where Men Came Back Home Safe from Both World Wars
The village of Upper Slaughter in the Cotswolds is one of the 13 “doubly thankful” villages who saw their men going to both world wars…
Imperial War Museum Reopens to Mark WWI Centenary
After undergoing a £40 million restoration, the Imperial War Museum opens up its doors once again to the public. With its reopening come new galleries to mark…
WWI Poster with Famous Lord Kitchener Quote Sold for a Whooping £30,000
A famous Lord Kitchener “I Want You” recruitment poster – one of the only three remaining – was recently auctioned off at a whooping £30,000. The…
Remember the First World War
Look back and remember the First World War, the war to end all wars. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the conflict which involved more…
Black WWI Hero Henry Johnson, A Step Closer to Being Awarded the Medal of Honor
Almost a hundred years from the time he single-handedly battled German enemies to save a fellow serviceman all the while sustaining serious wounds, the black WWI soldier…
Today’s Germany Doesn’t Remember WWI
During WWI, Germany was one of the most important nations involved. They played a large part in the fighting, and received harsh punishment in the…
Dundee: WWI Time Capsule Sealed in 1921 to be Opened
A Great War time capsule put together by Dundee postal workers is set to be opened early in August this year. The said time capsule…