The National Lottery Heritage Fund supported WW1-themed projects across the United Kingdom. Below, you can search for content relating to regional divisions in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, or by county, administrative area or localised place. |
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Ampthill Town Council |
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Tommy's Footprints - WW1 Ampthill Park |
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https://tommysfootprints.com/ |
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In WWI Ampthill Great Park was used to train local men as soldiers. In November 2016 a poignant temporaryartwork was installed in the Park to provide a focus for The Camp centenary and remembrance. |
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Region:- East England; County:- Bedfordshire; Administrative Area:- Central Bedfordshire; Place:- Ampthill |
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Abbots Langley's Great War |
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The Parish of Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire, has over 20,000 residents living in four villages, Langleybury, Leavesden, Bedmond and Abbots Langley. The Back to the Front organisation has researched the lives of the men and women from two of the villages (Abbots Langley and Bedmond) during the period of the Great War. The organisation is planning a new project for 2018-19 with the objectives of completing the heritage research and sharing the outcomes with the communities within the Parish,... |
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Region:- North East England; County:- Hertfordshire; Administrative Area:- Three Rivers; Place:- Watford |
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Bath and North East Somerset Council |
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A Century's Memories |
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https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/tourism-and-heritage/local-history/world-war-one-centenary/centurys-memories |
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We want to collect and share stories of lives from the Bath and North East Somerset area through an oral history and reminiscence project. Many older people have family stories of parents or grandparents and their roles in WW1. Once this generation of older people passes on, we will lose the 'first-hand' thread of memory: the WW1 Centenary is an opportunity to record stories for the future. We will train and support small groups of young people (aged appx 15-21) to interview and digitally record... |
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Region:- South West England; County:- Somerset; Administrative Area:- Bath and North East Somerset; Place:- Bath |
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Big Up Films |
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Summerstown 182 |
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http://www.summerstown182.co.uk/ |
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The Summerstown182 project will enable the local community to learn the rich history and heritage of the area through stories relating to the 182 First World War soldiers and sailors whose names are on the St. Marys Church war memorial in Summerstown, south west London. Each of the 182 has a story to tell about life in England during the First World War period. School children, local residents, people whose family members served in the First World War, relatives of the 182 and the wider... |
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Region:- Greater London; County:- Greater London; Administrative Area:- Summerstown; Place:- Merton Wandsworth |
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Birmingham City University |
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Generations of Commemoration: Re-Presenting the Legacy of the Great War |
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http://bcmcr.org/chetoolkit/ |
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Generations of Commemoration: Re-Presenting the Legacy of the Great War was funded through the Voices of War and Peace AHRC First World War Engagement Centre. It enabled the Birmingham-based community arts organisation Secret City Arts (SCA) to develop their work in helping schoolchildren to understand this long-ago conflict in places where spaces and peoples had undergone considerable transformations in the last hundred years. These transformations posed a challenge for assumptions about the... |
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Region:- West Midlands; County:- Warwickshire; Administrative Area:- Worcestershire; Place:- Birmingham |
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Brierfield Action in the Community |
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Our World War One |
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Working with young people in Brierfield and Nelson to research their families connections to WW1 particularly within the Asian heritage community and also the community connections to WW1. The Asian heritage young people do not have any concept of the sacrifice and bravery their ancestors contributed to WW1 and have little respect for the Cenotaphs and the importance of remembering them. This is also true of the indigenous community. They do not understand the historical significance and how... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Lancashire; Administrative Area:- Pendle; Place:- Brierfield |
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Broughton Primary School |
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Broughton Village - The Men who fought in WW1 |
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There are twenty two (22) names on the WW1 memorial in the grounds of Christ Church, Great Broughton. The aim of the project is to write a book (150-180 pages) profiling these men. The book will also tell of village life 1914 - 1918 - how the people supported the war effort - how did the war effect everyday life - how did the school - churches and other institutions adopted to war conditions e.g. food shortages. Letters sent home by soldiers at the front will be included. How the women of the... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Cumbria; Administrative Area:- Allerdale; Place:- Broughton |
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Carrickfergus Museum |
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Battlebags and Blimps - Exploring the legacies of Whitehead's First World War Aerodrome |
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https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/things-to-do/museums-arts/carrickfergus-museum-and-civic-centre/battlebags-and-blimps/ |
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The airship station site at Bentra was a small but important link in a chain of naval and aviation bases all around the coast of Ireland, which were instrumental in winning the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service airships operating from here carried out their roles of surveillance and deterrence, that helped combat the deadly German U-Boat menace. To raise awareness and appreciation of this almost forgotten aspect of local heritage, a Heritage Lottery funded community engagement... |
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Region:- Northern Ireland; County:- Co. Antrim; Administrative Area:- Belfast; Place:- Belfast |
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Chedworth Remembers The Great War |
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Chedworth Remembers The Great War |
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https://chedworth.org.uk/ |
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The aims of the Chedworth Remembers project are to research and record the stories of the 142 men of our village who served in the Great War together with the stories of the families whom they left at home. The project also seeks to inform and educate on our heritage as widely as possible, to refurbish an important memorial and to create new memorials to the fallen. In outline: To record those stories in an e-book form to be made freely available on the web and in CD format To lodge detailed... |
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Region:- South West England; County:- Gloucestershire; Administrative Area:- The Cotswolds; Place:- Chedworth |
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Clements Hall |
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The impact and legacy of the First World War on our neighbourhood in York |
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http://www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/ |
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This project aims to explore, share and understand our WW1 heritage, within our local community: the Clementhorpe, South Bank Nunnery Lane districts of York. Our Local History Group and other volunteers will develop skills in historical research, creating activities and events to engage with a range of local organisations, especially those involving cross-generations, older residents and young people. Activity based on historical research by local people within the community may result in... |
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Region:- Yorkshire and the Humber; County:- North Yorkshire; Administrative Area:- North Yorkshire; Place:- York |
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Culture Coventry |
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Lest We Forget |
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https://www.theherbert.org/learning/projects/lest_we_forget.aspx |
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Lest We Forget The Story
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Little did we know (Herbert Media Team) when planning Coventrys contribution to the WW1 for the Heritage Lottery Fund Lest We Forget project how much of a challenge it would turn out to be on physical and emotional resources for participants and tutors or how rewarding it would be.
With the main aim for the participants of What do they know now about their WW1 Cultural Heritage than before the project The course was initially... |
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Region:- West Midlands; County:- Warwickshire; Administrative Area:- Coventry; Place:- Coventry |
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Cyngor Tref Criccieth (Criccieth Town Council) |
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Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf ddoe a heddiw, Cofio cyfraniad Cricieth - (The First World War Yesterday and Today, Commemorating Criccieth's Contribution) |
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https://museum.wales/first_world_war/ |
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Bydd is grwp Cyngor Tref Cricieth, Grwp Cynllun Cymunedol Cricieth, yn cydweithio efo Neuadd Goffa Cricieth, myfyrwyr chweched dosbarth Coleg Meirion Dwyfor a phlant ysgol gynradd Ysgol Treferthyr ar brosiect: i ymchwilio i ac i ddysgu am gyfraniad Cricieth i'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf a'r effaith a gafodd ar y dref, yr ardal a'r bobl i gydweithio efo beirdd, cerddorion ac artistiaid lleol i greu cyfres o arddangosfeydd (yn cynnwys un digidol), gosodiadau a chofebion cyfoes erbyn Tachwedd 2018 i nodi... |
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Region:- Wales; County:- Gwynedd; Administrative Area:- Eifionydd; Place:- Criccieth |
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East Belfast and the Great War |
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East Belfast and the Great War (Living Legacies 1914-18) |
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http://www.livinglegacies1914-18.ac.uk/HostedSites/EastBelfastandTheGreatWar/ |
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East Belfast The Great War is a World War One community research project coordinated by historian Jason Burke and supported by Jonathan Evershed (Irish Studies, Queens University Belfast). Following a lengthy period of consultation and preparation, the group is now ready to embark on a two-year research and community-engagement project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.The initial aim is to compile a database containing details of every single serviceman (soldier, sailor, flyer) from East... |
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Region:- Northern Ireland; County:- Co. Antrim; Administrative Area:- Belfast; Place:- Belfast |
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Fabrica |
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The Boys on the Plaque: Unearthing hidden histories of WWI soldiers from Brighton Hove |
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https://boysontheplaque.wordpress.com/ |
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Fabrica is a contemporary art gallery in the heart of Brightons historic Lanes. Based in the former Holy Trinity Church, Fabrica responds to the building and its history through a programme of site-specific exhibitions and a diverse engagement programme, using creative and social activity to provoke investigation into how audiences look at the world. On 4th August 2014, the centenary of Britain joining WWI, we uncovered an original WWI commemorative plaque inside our gallery, hidden from view... |
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Region:- South East; County:- East Sussex; Administrative Area:- Brighton and Hove; Place:- Brighton, Pavilion |
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Friends of a War Memorial for Bramley |
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To provide educational material that documents the heritage of 500 Bramley war dead |
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http://www.bramleywarmemorial.com/ |
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The Friends of a War Memorial for Bramley are successfully raising funding for a War Memorial and Peace Garden that is scheduled to be unveiled in 2014 - the Centenary of World War One. The fundraising and publicity have engaged all areas of the community in Bramley from residents,local businesses and schools with committed support from Leeds Council. This activity combined with current and earlier research has identified over 500 individuals with a Bramley connection who died in service of... |
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Region:- Yorkshire and the Humber; County:- West Yorkshire; Administrative Area:- Leeds; Place:- Bramley |
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From Combat to choir |
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From Combat to Choir, the end of a war, the start of a choir |
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https://www.chapelmalevoicechoir.co.uk/ |
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We are a male voice choir which was formed by local men returning from WW1. Originally named Chapel en le Frith Ex-Servicemen's Choir then later changed to Chapel en le Frith Male Voice Choir it has been performing in the locality ever since and we celebrate our centenary in 2018. We want to give 3 free concerts in different locations throughout Derbyshire towards the end of 2018 and into 2019. The concerts will showcase the music of the time primarily performed by the choir but also involving... |
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Region:- East Midlands; County:- High Peak; Administrative Area:- High Peak; Place:- High Peak |
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Goathland Community Hub and Sports Pavilion CIO |
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The Goathland Centenary Walk |
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In 1922 Kate Smailes of Goathland planted 12 English oak trees to commemorate the 12 men of the village who lost their lives in WWI. Kates own son, George, was one of those lost. The trees were planted in a prominent position visible from the disused railway line so that every day on her walk into the village she would see the oaks and remember her lost son with a living tribute to the men for the whole village to share. The project will seek to establish a Centenary Walk based upon existing... |
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Region:- Northern England; County:- North Yorkshire; Administrative Area:- Goathland; Place:- Goathland |
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Groundwork NE |
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Miners' Memorial Meadows |
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https://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/northeast/pages/miners-memorial-meadows |
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Miners' Memorial Meadows will explore the lives of Northumbrian miners and World War 1 particularly their involvement with the private tunnelling companies which helped gain advantage in the war in 1916. We want to research the evidence in the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn and at The Mining Institute in Newcastle. Working in partnership with Woodhorn Archivists, we expect to uncover some private collections that will shed new light on the link between Northumbrian miners and tunnelling as... |
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Region:- North East; County:- North Yorkshire; Administrative Area:- Northumberland; Place:- Wansbeck |
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Hartlepool Remembered: Legacies of the Bombardment |
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Hartlepool Remembered: Legacies of the Bombardment 1914 |
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https://legaciesofwar.leeds.ac.uk/2015/12/07/hartlepool-remembered-legacies-of-the-bombardment/ |
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Hartlepool Remembered: Legacies of the Bombardment is a unique collaborative project run by and for the people of Hartlepool to commemorate the centenary of the German shelling of the Hartlepools during World War I (December 16th 1914). The project brings together community groups, academic researchers, artists, poets, performers and anyone wishing to be involved in the local commemoration of an historic day. The project aims to stimulate a serious public engagement with the official history but... |
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Region:- North East; County:- ; Administrative Area:- Hartlepool; Place:- Hartlepool |
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Kildwick and Farnhill Institute Committee |
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Farnhill World War 1 Volunteers Project |
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http://www.farnhill.co.uk/volunteers/ |
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On the day that WW1 conscription was introduced, early in 1916, Farnhill Parish Council created a Roll of Honour - naming the men from the village who were already serving with the armed forces. This list contained 68 names these were the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers. Our project will, in conjunction with the Farnhill and Kildwick Local History Group, research the lives of these men: before, during, and after the war to produce short biographies and to make this biographical information widely... |
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Region:- Yorkshire and The Humber; County:- North Yorkshire; Administrative Area:- Craven; Place:- Farnhill |
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Livery Schools Link |
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Echoes Across the Century: enduring stories from the supply chain to WW1 discovered |
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https://ww1echoes.blogspot.com/ |
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This is a project about the rich heritage of the trades and skills represented by Livery Companies which for centuries have enabled society to flourish. During the First World War, these trades and skills were vital to the supply chain behind the scenes. Students between the ages of 7 and 17 will be inspired to learn about these trades, to imagine the effect of the war on those who worked in them and to discover how these trades and skills are still vital to society today. Furthermore, the... |
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Region:- London; County:- Greater London; Administrative Area:- Greater London; Place:- London |
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Living Legacies 1914-18 Engagement Centre |
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Living Legacies 1914-18 Digital Archive |
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http://www.livinglegacies1914-18.ac.uk/Community Resources/Digital Archive/ |
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The Living Legacies 1914-18 database is an online collection of the objects and stories which we have gathered and digitised during the course of our public engagement workshops and events. The database holds digital copies of items such as medals, letters, postcards, service records and other memorabilia relating to World War One. The items belong to relatives of those involved in the war, and interested collectors, who wish to conserve the memory and legacy of the objects by having them... |
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Region:- Northern Ireland; County:- Co. Down; Administrative Area:- Belfast; Place:- Belfast |
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Mission to Seafarers Newport |
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First World War: Newport and the Sea |
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The Mission to Seafarers, a Charity and part of the Anglican church is represented in over 250 ports around the world, offering emergency assistance, practical support and a friendly welcome to crews. It cares for victims of piracy, provides a lifeline for those stranded in foreign ports and is there for the globe's 1.3 million seafarers of all ranks , nationalities and beliefs Staffed by volunteers and with a dedicated chaplain , the Newport Mission is situated by the gates to Alexandra Dock... |
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Region:- Wales; County:- Monmouthshire; Administrative Area:- Newport; Place:- Newport |
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Northampton Museum and Art Gallery |
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Conflict and Community: Northamptons response to The First World War |
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https://www.flickr.com/people/conflict_and_community |
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Working in partnership NMAG and RD will investigate and explore the history and heritage of Northampton Borough during WWI. This will include researching physical collections (objects and archive), cultural heritage (plays, poetry, film, photography) and family oral history. We will look at transition points where the experiences of those on the home front and those fighting meet. Using museum collections and by collecting family stories from local communities we will create new interpretation... |
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Region:- East Midlands; County:- Northamptonshire; Administrative Area:- Northampton; Place:- Northampton South |
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Portsea Parish |
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20 Portsmouth Streets and the Great War: The St Wilfrid's Memorials |
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Twenty Portsmouth Streets and the Great War: The St Wilfrid's Memorials
St Wilfrids Church is a daughter church of St Marys Portsea, serving a mission parish of just 20 Streets in Portsmouth. Most of these Streets have remained largely as they were during the Great War, late Victorian terraced houses with narrow frontages. Portsmouth had atypical employment patterns with many men working in the dockyard, many women employed in corset manufacture and many of these homes occupied by men... |
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Region:- South East England; County:- Hampshire; Administrative Area:- Portsmouth; Place:- Portsea |
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Royal College of Nursing |
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Service Scrapbooks: Nursing, Storytelling and the First World War |
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https://www.rcn.org.uk/servicescrapbooks/ |
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Nursing is an art and a science, and understanding patient stories is central to the profession. But what of the stories of nurses themselves This project will focus on First World War stories, introducing audiences to nine remarkable women who served as nurses during the First World War. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will conserve and digitise their diaries and scrapbooks, to create a unique online resource connecting First World War nursing to new stories of defence nurses in Iraq and... |
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Region:- London; County:- England; Administrative Area:- Greater London; Place:- Westminster |
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Royal Northern College of Music |
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Revealing and Reinterpreting 'Making Music in Manchester during WW1' |
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https://www.rncm.ac.uk/ |
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The project aimed to reveal and reinterpret some of the research into WW1 stories held in the archives of the Royal Northern College of Music (project lead), the Hall Concerts Society and the Henry Watson Music Library. This research was then reinterpreted through arts workshops with community organisations, encouraging groups to respond creatively to the narratives and histories as they learned about them. The themes that the project explored in research and workshops include how the war... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Greater Manchester; Administrative Area:- Manchester; Place:- Manchester |
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Salford Museum and Art Gallery |
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Lark Hill Place 1918 |
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https://www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/culture |
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Our project will move the timeframe of Lark Hill Place, Salford Museum and Art Gallery's Victorian street, forward from 1897 to 1918 for a one-year period of redisplay during 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the final year of World War One as the climax of our Salford Remembers programme. The redisplay will be complemented by a programme of engagement activity, including a new promenade theatre production with accompanying workshops and training sessions, a new soundscape and sound... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Greater Manchester; Administrative Area:- Swinton; Place:- Salford |
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Seaboard Memorial Hall |
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We Will Remember Them |
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http://www.seaboardhistory.com/seaboard-villages/we-will-remember-them-ww1/ |
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The project is aimed at finding, remembering and sharing our (the Seaboard) connection to the First World War. People will have free access to the photographs, stories and information collected as they will be posted to our www.seaboardhistory.com website and also digitally archived for safe keeping and future use. We recently completed a very successful Social History Project funded by HLF, and during the research there were many stories behind soldiers, sailors, airmen and nurses which were... |
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Region:- Scotland; County:- Highland; Administrative Area:- Highland; Place:- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
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Sheppey Promenade |
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Women of Sheppey in WW1 |
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http://www.sheppeypromenade.co.uk/ |
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Sheppey was a strategic location for all the Services in WW1 with a naval dockyard, aerodrome and air craft factories and army bases During WW1 The Isle of Sheppey was an important centre for all the Services. There were Army Regiments stationed, Sheerness Royal Naval Dockyard was vital and the Eastchurch Airfield saw the beginnings of aeroplanes used in warfare. We will explore how Women fitted into the whole picture. Sheppey Promenade is based in a small wooden cottage right in the centre of... |
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Region:- South East England; County:- Kent; Administrative Area:- Swale; Place:- Isle of Sheppey |
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Shipwrecks of the River Humber Area |
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Grimsby's Lost Ships of WW1 |
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http://shipwrecksoftheriverhumber.co.uk/ |
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Grimsbys Fishing Fleet lost over 300 ships during WW1, we will show what these ships did during the First World War. We want to engage volunteers for office based research, and diving research. We will record these lost shipwrecks for everyone and educate the people of Grimsby about their heritage and the role of their ancestors on Grimsbys fishing boats in the first World War. We will leave a full account of their exploits for future generations of Grimsby people. All our volunteers will be... |
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Region:- Yorkshire and the Humber; County:- North East Lincolnshire; Administrative Area:- Grimsby; Place:- Grimsby |
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Spratton Local History Society |
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Commemoration of First Airman VC (1915) and of 133 Spratton Men Who Went to WW1 |
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http://www.sprattonhistory.org/ |
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The project is a centenary commemoration of Spratton resident William Rhodes-Moorhouse, RFC, who was ordered on 26 April 1915 to fly to Courtrai to bomb the railway station. Afterwards, terribly wounded and with his aircraft badly damaged, he managed to return to report the success of his mission, but died next day. He was later awarded the Victoria Cross, the first airman ever so honoured. The project will also commemorate the lives of 133 Spratton men, 19 of whom were killed, who went to the... |
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Region:- East Midlands; County:- Northamptonshire; Administrative Area:- Daventry District; Place:- Spratton |
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St Machar Academy |
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The legacy of the Great War in Aberdeen |
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https://aberdeenandthegreatwar.wordpress.com/ |
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A program of events between August and February which would involve staff, pupils and the local community in developing a greater understanding of the impact of the Great War on the people of Aberdeen. Starting in August, we plan to obtain 1,000 small memorial crosses from Lady Haig Factory. These crosses will be inscribed with names of Gordon Highlanders killed in Flanders that we have found and researched. The plan is to arrange the crosses in a display either indoors or outdoors so that they... |
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Region:- Scotland; County:- Aberdeen City; Administrative Area:- Aberdeen City; Place:- Aberdeen |
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The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis |
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WW1 Heritage Map of the Glasgow Necropolis |
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https://www.glasgownecropolis.org/ |
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Heritage offers a number of great opportunities to engage with, and hopefully help, the people in our communities. This joint project, with The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis and Archaeology Scotland, aims to record and to teach local people about a neglected aspect of the Necropolis's wartime past. Key aims of the project are Engage with local young school groups (under 16), elderly groups and local residents who have little access to heritage projects and WWI sites. Teach key transferable... |
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Region:- Scotland; County:- Lanarkshire; Administrative Area:- Glasgow; Place:- Glasgow |
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University of Nottingham - The Centre for Hidden Histories |
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Young People's Learning Hub |
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http://hiddenhistorieswwi.ac.uk/ |
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The Young People's Learning Hub is an outreach scheme working with young people (11-25 years old) in each of the 12 regions of the UK. Its primary aim is to hold First World War research workshops with schools and young people's voluntary groups. These sessions privilege the ideas of the young people themselves and give them the tools to pursue their own WW1 interests and ideas. The activities include, but are not limited to, examination of primary source documents, artistic and performance... |
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Region:- North East; County:- ; Administrative Area:- Hartlepool; Place:- Hartlepool |
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Wheatley Society |
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The Wheatley First World War Centenary Project |
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http://www.wheatleyarchive.org.uk/ |
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Description |
The Wheatley Society and the local branch of the Royal British Legion plan a multi-year marking of the centenary of The Great War. Of the 181 village men who served, thirty-six (20) were killed, a strikingly high proportion. Planning is under way for several initiatives:
All will be remembered individually in an illustrated commemorative book, with input from local historians and printed by a local firm.
An exhibition for which some of the material is already available will... |
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Region:- South East England; County:- Oxfordshire; Administrative Area:- South Oxfordshire; Place:- Wheatley |
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