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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.
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  1. Tunnelling in the Great War

    Event

    A Western Front Association Conference at the Army & Navy Club, 36 Pall Mall, London, SW1 5JN.

    Tickets: £30

    Officer of the French Army Engineers listening to the sound of enemy operations with a microphone in the underground tunnel.
    Officer of the French Army Engineers listening to the sound of enemy operations with a microphone in the underground tunnel. © IWM (Q 69984)

  2. The WFA Gallipoli Centenary Conference: Gallipoli and the Western Front

    Event

    The Western Front Association and the Gallipoli Association present The Gallipoli Centenary Conference.

    Members of the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance practising boat drill in the harbour on the Aegean island of Lemnos in preparation for the landing at Anzac Cove, April 1915
    Members of the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance practising boat drill in the harbour on the Aegean island of Lemnos in preparation for the landing at Anzac Cove, April 1915 (Australian War Memorial C01632)

  3. Buckinghamshire Military Museum Trust First World War Roadshow

    Event

    Venue: High Wycombe Library

    Learn about the Buckinghamshire Great War Virtual Trail

    Search our databases of Bucks servicemen in the Great War

    Get advice on researching Great War...

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  4. Hidden Histories of the Great War: Uncovering the Untold Stories of Service and Resistance

    Event

    Heritage Forum at the University of Brighton in Hastings

    In Partnership with Hastings Museum & Art Gallery and Women’s Voice

  5. 'Khakitects: Experience, Memory and Design in the War Cemeteries of the old Western Front', a talk by Tim Fox-Godden

    Event
    Gateways Event
    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    In 1917, the decision was taken that every junior architect working for the Imperial War Graves Commission (IWGC) should have served in the armed forces during the war.

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