The University of Waikato and the Tauranga Historical Society have organised a free public lecture series to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

The lecture, at 7.45pm on Sunday 7th September, will focus on his recent book ‘War Memorial’ which investigates those featured on the Lydford memorial.

The lecture by Creighton history professor John Calvert is titled, "The Great War and the Making of the Modern Middle East." His discussion points will include the partitioning of the Ottoman ...

Although poison gases were first employed in the 1914-18 war, the consequent fatalities were relatively few compared to the millions who perished through the application of high explosives and ...

An exhibition and lectures on the role of Irish soldiers in the First World War will today be opened by cross-border writers in Trinity College.