Museum Wins Funding to Remember War
Work is under way to immortalise the experiences of Newcastle residents on the front line and at home during the First World War, thanks to a £9,200 grant. The Borough Museum and Art Galler
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Kings Bromley During the War
Kings Bromley Historians held a very successful event commemorating the Great War on Saturday 9th August. The event showed what life was like in the village during the war using contempor
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Staffordshire appeals against conscription in WW1 set to be revealed
Stories of a conscientious objector and baker deemed essential to food provision are just two included in a rare collection of appeal tribunals against conscription in WW1 set to be revealed
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Great War commemorations in Stoke on Trent
More information about Great War commemorations in Stoke on Trent can be found on http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/community/community/first-world-war-centenary.en
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Launch of The Hidden Pressures of Staffordshire’s War project
The Hidden Pressures of Staffordshire’s War is part of the Digital War Memorial. It brings together communities and artists across the UK to make unique creative responses to the Firs
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Government and English Heritage mark First World War Centenary by upgrading listed status of London war memorials
On the day that Helen Grant MP, Minister for the First World War Centenary, opens a new exhibition at the Wellington Arch honouring First World War Memorials, English Heritage and the DCMS h
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Researching Staffordshire’s Great War Memorials – FREE on-line publication
A new guide produced by Staffordshire County Council’s Archives Service is helping local communities discover more about their WWI war memorials. The free 92-page guide has been put togeth
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More Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records Released
More than 300, 000 Great War records have been released by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to show how Britain came to commemorate its war dead. The Commission is responsible for mark
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Great War Drill Halls
As part of a countrywide project on Geograph the surviving Drill Halls at the onset of the Great War have been recorded. The Staffordshire collection is reasonably complete. To view the list
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LIGHTS OUT !!
Everyone in the UK is invited to take part in LIGHTS OUT by turning off their lights from 10pm to 11pm on 4 August, leaving on a single light or candle for a shared moment of reflection. Peo
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- Museum Wins Funding to Remember War
- Kings Bromley During the War
- Staffordshire appeals against conscription in WW1 set to be revealed
- Great War commemorations in Stoke on Trent
- Launch of The Hidden Pressures of Staffordshire’s War project
- Government and English Heritage mark First World War Centenary by upgrading listed status of London war memorials
- Researching Staffordshire’s Great War Memorials – FREE on-line publication
- More Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records Released
- Great War Drill Halls
- LIGHTS OUT !!