As part of the 2014-2018 Centenary, English Heritage has initiated a major project to record the colossal ‘footprint’ left by the First World War on the fabric, landscape and coastal waters of England. You can find more details on www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/first-world-war-home-front/
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IWM’s free online resources for teachers bring together highlights from across the collections to help you teach the First World War. These include historic photographs, film clips, sound files and artworks for you to use in your classroom. For further information see www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources/learning-resources.
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The CBA Home Front project can be found at http://www.homefrontlegacy.org.uk/wp/ On the page you will find a ‘toolkit’ including a downloadable recording form that can also be filled in via an app.
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Monday, 7th April 2014 The National Memorial Arboretum has launched its new First World War Centenary trails. The trails have been designed to mark this significant historical milestone and enable visitors of all ages to discover the trees and memorials linked to the Great War by people and their stories. The family-friendly Discovery Trail (2km) will give…
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Wednesday, 26th March 2014 Today saw the official re-opening of the Staffordshire Regiment Museum’s superb World War I trench system, one of the best in the country. It has been renamed the Coltman Trench, after William Harold Coltman VC, MM & Bar, DCM & Bar of the North Staffordshire Regiment – a stretcher bearer who was the most…
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Monday, 17th March 2014 Were members of your family involved in the First World War at home or abroad? Were they working in Newcastle-under-Lyme or the Borough during the war? Do you have any objects, letter, photographs, cards or family anecdotes from 1914-18? The staff at the Borough Museum and Art Gallery are collecting information…
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Monday, 24th February 2014 Every day this week BBC Radio Stoke will be broadcasting a series of features looking at the impact of the World War One on people’s everyday lives in Staffordshire. Reporter Allen Cook has been researching into five stories across the county. Throughout the week the features will be looking at the Minnie…
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Monday, 10th February 2014 Staffordshire Archive Service is really pleased to see that one of its volunteers, Elizabeth Walker, will be speaking at a conference to be held at The National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas on Saturday 15th March 2014. The title of the day is ‘Remembering and Writing Women’s Wartime Lives’. Elizabeth will be…
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Tuesday, 4th February 2014 The Goodnight George facebook page is now live! Please share and like the page: https://www.facebook.com/goodnightgeorge Theatre Producers Alix Jones & Manya Benenson have received £9,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project, in collaboration with the National Theatre’s production of WarHorse, entitled Goodnight George, in Burton upon Trent. Awarded through…
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Monday, 16th December 2013 ‘Our Great War Project’ has been launched by Blore Rural District History Society . Covering the villages of Ashley, Broughton, Croxton, Hales and Mucklestone, the project aims to commemorate the centenary of the Great War by recording as much information as possible about the personal, family and military history of the names…
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