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Carole Souter writes Letter to an Unknown Soldier Statue of the unknown soldier at London's Paddington Station 01/08/2014 The site, which is creating 'a new kind of war memorial made entirely of words' to mark the First World War's centenary year. 14-18 …

Geffrye Museum receives funding for Writing Home project A picture of Private Arthur Webb during the First World War 13/08/2014 The museum has been awarded funding of £8,600 for a one-year learning project through the HLF’s First World War: then and now …

Volunteers in the theatre of war The surgical ward at St John Ambulance hospital in Etaples 11/08/2014 The moving testimonial of a St John Ambulance nurse who volunteered to save soldiers’ lives during the First World War is soon to be given a new life in …

Newcastle museum wins HLF funding to remember war Newcastle Remembers: workers at Enderley Mills in 1916 08/08/2014 The Borough Museum and Art Gallery has received the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project called Newcastle Remembers. The …

Home Front Havering gains Heritage Lottery Fund support Havering Museum staff with First World War objects 01/08/2014 The project will run for two years and tell the story of local life during the First World War. The project will be launched at Havering …

New First World War Galleries at IWM London The Duke of Cambridge visiting the new First World War Galleries 16/07/2014 To mark the start of the Centenary of the First World War, Imperial War Museum (IWM) London is opening new, permanent First World War …

National Lottery investment of £100,000 helping the North East commemorate the First World War North East’s First World War stories to be told 21/07/2014 Local towns including Hartlepool, Redcar, Stockton, and Easington feature in the seven projects that …

Sewerby Hall reopens after £2.6m restoration Sewerby Hall reopens after restoration 08/08/2014 The restoration of the hall, which this year celebrates its 300th anniversary, has been funded by a grant of just under £950,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund …

Little Germany First World War project launches exhibition Anti-German riot in East London, 1915 08/08/2014 Stuart Hillary, grandchild of a Stratford internee, said: “My grandfather was told to attend the police station and then he disappeared and he was …

Words on War: children mark First World War Centenary Children marking the First World War Centenary through the arts 08/08/2014 Richmond Cultural Education Partnership has been running the Words on War initiative since February, working with Hackforth …