Discovery boxes containing replica artefacts from
the First World War have been distributed to 1000 classrooms across New Zealand, through an exciting new project from WW100 and School Kit, in partnership with Auckland War Memorial Museum and New Zealand Post.
Councillor Peter Monck, of Yarm Town Council, said: "We are delighted to have this opportunity from Fields in Trust and The Royal British Legion to mark the centenary of
the First World War in this unique way.
The names of the 17 young men that had lost their lives during
the First World War can be seen on the Memorial at Penysarn, but members of the youth club knew little about them before they started their research.
Thanks to money raised by national lottery players, this inspiring project will bring local people together to help reveal the history of Newcastle during
the First World War.
The First World War in the Air is a new permanent exhibition allowing visitors to explore the unique and often overlooked role of air power in the 1914-18 conflict.
The ceremony held here today at the British High Commission was part of the UK Government's programme of events to commemorate the centenary of
the First World War, during which 175 men from 11 countries were awarded the Victoria Cross.
Deutsch Sudwest Afrika was one of the very few colonial territories drawn into the global conflict, later known as the Great War, still later called
the First World War.
Musical Meditations is an evening of music inspired by the folk song, stories and poetry of
the First World War created for audiences today.
e Drumhead Altar was Solemnly topped o with 121 Squadron's most treasured wartime artefact, a cross made by German prisoners of war that bears the gure of Christ fashioned from a shell fragment recovered from
the First World War, Ypres battleeld in Belgium.
RHONDDA Cynon Taf Council is set to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of
the First World War this summer.
COLNE Valley Tory MP Jason McCartney wants people in his constituency to mark the centenary of
the First World War.
HE LIED about his age to be allowed to fight, and lived to be the last surviving US veteran of
the First World War.
