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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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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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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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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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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