Gateways to the First World War

About Us

Gateways to the First World War is a centre for public engagement with the Great War centenary, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Our aim is to encourage and support public interest in the centenary through a range of events and activities such as open days and study days, advice on access to materials and expertise, and signposting for other resources and forms of support.

Watch our short films:
Gateways at Broadwater Farm and Not Far from the Front.

We Made Sure It Wasn't All Over by Christmas 2014

News

At the end of the centenary, Gateways commissioned a report on our achievements since 2014.
'Here Dead We Lie' Photographs from the Western Front: Horsebridge, Whitstable, 21 July-9 August 2021

Project

Here dead we lie because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
But young men think it is, and we were young.
A.E. Housman...
Postponed: From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M.

News

Martin Lutyens: "From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M."

Date: Wednesday 13 May 5pm
Postponed: Here Dead We Lie

News

Here Dead We Lie, 24 April 2020
Martin Lutyens: "From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M."

Event

Gateways Event

Date: Wednesday 13 May 5pm

Venue: University of Kent, Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1, Canterbury CT2 7NS

About Us

We Made Sure It Wasn't All Over by Christmas 2014

'Here Dead We Lie' Photographs from the Western Front: Horsebridge, Whitstable, 21 July-9 August 2021

Postponed: From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M.

Postponed: Here Dead We Lie

Martin Lutyens: "From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M."