Gateways to the First World War

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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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Gateways at Broadwater Farm and Not Far from the Front.

HMS Kent and 1914: an exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral Archives to commemorate the Battle of the Falklands

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This display will commemorate HMS Kent which served in the Battle of the Falklands in December 1914.

© IWM Q 75303. Armoured cruiser HMS Kent.
In Flanders Fields Museum & the University of Kent: 'Discipline and Morale in the Belgian Army 1914-1918', by Mario Draper

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In this paper Dr Mario Draper will outline some of the unique challenges faced by the Belgian army in keeping its men in the field during the First...
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In Flanders Fields Museum & the University of Kent: 'Doing Their Duty: British Theatrical Responses to the First World War', by Dr Helen Brooks

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British theatrical responses to the First World War have, for years, been considered through the lens of post-war plays such as Journey’s End (1928), Oh What a Lovely War!
In Flanders Fields Museum & the University of Kent: 'Ireland and Belgium', by Dr Timothy Bowman

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'Remember Belgium' was a theme used in many Irish recruiting posters and speeches. For Irish Nationalists, Belgium as an independent, largely Catholic state, served as a model of what they thought Ireland under Home Rule...
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Fields Unsown Exhibition, Morden Library

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An exhibition of the research and original documents and photographs which informed the Fields Unsown project.

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HMS Kent and 1914: an exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral Archives to commemorate the Battle of the Falklands

In Flanders Fields Museum & the University of Kent: 'Discipline and Morale in the Belgian Army 1914-1918', by Mario Draper

In Flanders Fields Museum & the University of Kent: 'Doing Their Duty: British Theatrical Responses to the First World War', by Dr Helen Brooks

In Flanders Fields Museum & the University of Kent: 'Ireland and Belgium', by Dr Timothy Bowman

Fields Unsown Exhibition, Morden Library