First World War Centenary

Twenty young people, aged 14-19, researched the lives of Bolton soldiers who had died during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.

Volunteers from the Scottish Pipers Association researched the tunes and stories behind the Pipers of the First World War, including the iconic image of the Piper leading the soldiers into battle.

Volunteers used the Otley Museum archives to create a digital map showing the address of every person on the town’s war memorial.

Young people from North Tyneside found out how the First World War affected their local communities through a range of creative activities.

Volunteers researched the history of the Bedford College of Physical Training and developed a film using archival material and interviews with former students.

Young people and communities from the Welsh Valleys uncovered the experiences of Welsh soldiers during the First World War and created digital animations.

Young people from schools in Fulham used archives to discover how the First World War impacted on their area, creating an exhibition, an animation and a drama piece.

This project focused on increasing access to First World War archival material held in The British Postal Museum and Archive.

The Holywell Trust led on this project to create a shared public space centred on the War Memorial in the Diamond area of Derry-Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

This project was based on an idea taken from an original book, published by the Craven Herald in 1920, commemorating every soldier from the Craven District who fell in the First World War.

Shipwrecks of the River Humber tells the untold story of Grimsby’s fisherman who went out on trawlers during the First World War.

Young people revealed the personal histories of Belton House Machine Gun Corps training camp.