The WW1 Community Platform is a digital repository for community-created and collected data, research, artefacts and e-resources, making the content available for future generations and research ventures. The contributors featured on these pages received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to research the legacies of the First World War, locally and nationally, across the United Kingdom.
Use the search options below to explore these projects in greater detail and the valued contributions they have made to public understandings of the Great War. |
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The Boys on the Plaque: Unearthing hidden histories of WWI soldiers from Brighton Hove |
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Fabrica |
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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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The Goathland Centenary Walk |
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Goathland Community Hub and Sports Pavilion CIO |
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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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The impact and legacy of the First World War on our neighbourhood in York |
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Clements Hall |
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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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The legacy of the Great War in Aberdeen |
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St Machar Academy |
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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 Wheatley First World War Centenary Project |
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Wheatley Society |
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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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To provide educational material that documents the heritage of 500 Bramley war dead |
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Friends of a War Memorial for Bramley |
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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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Tommy's Footprints - WW1 Ampthill Park |
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Ampthill Town Council |
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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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