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.

WWI Walking Tour Brighton with historian Dr Geoffrey Mead

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Organised by East Sussex County Council First World War Commemorations

This will be a unique, free,one-off Walking Tour of Brighton's historic Lanes, exploring the history and changing social and architectural landscape of this area of the city in relation to WWI.
Screening Anzacs - film and television representations of the Anzac experience of the Great War by Professor Mark Connelly

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Organised by National Army Museum

This talk will explore the way the Anzac soldier in the Great War has been presented in film and television since 1919 through to present day.
Black Poppies - Britain's Black Community and the Great War. Stephen Bourne

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Organised by National Army Museum

In 1914 Britain was home to at least 10,000 black Britons, many of African and West Indian heritage.
British Women on the Serbian Front in 1915. Alexandra Tomic

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Organised by National Army Museum

In 1915, Serbia faced an enemy almost more formidable than the Austro-Hungarian Empire: the typhoid.
Remembering the West Indian contribution to the First World War. Dr Richard Smith

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Organised by National Army Museum

The contribution of West Indian soldiers in the First World War is often presented as ‘untold’ or ‘forgotten’.

About Us

WWI Walking Tour Brighton with historian Dr Geoffrey Mead

Screening Anzacs - film and television representations of the Anzac experience of the Great War by Professor Mark Connelly

Black Poppies - Britain's Black Community and the Great War. Stephen Bourne

British Women on the Serbian Front in 1915. Alexandra Tomic

Remembering the West Indian contribution to the First World War. Dr Richard Smith