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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. World War One and Africa: Micro-Nations of War

    Event
    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Venue: Lecture Hall, Kent County Council, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ

    Diversity House FREE EVENT WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND REFRESHMENTS

    African Soldiers
    African Soldiers

  2. First World War Reflective Workshop

    Event
    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Location: Woolf College, Canterbury Campus, University of Kent

    A day-long Reflective Workshop - looking at commemorative research projects on the subject of the First World War

    Floating poppy wreaths

  3. Newly translated 1917 diary of Father Achiel Van Walleghem

    Blog Post
    A blogpost by Mark Connelly

    About five years ago Dominiek Dendooven of the In Flanders Fields Museum introduced me to the diary of Father Achiel Van Walleghem.

    Father Van Walleghem bottom left

  4. Exhibition: Stories of Exeter's War Hospitals 1914-1919

    Event
    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    St Stephen’s Church, High Street, Exeter EX4 3LW

    Tue, Wed, Fri: 11.00-16.00 Thu: 11.00-18.00 Sat: 11.00-15.30

  5. Stories of Exeter's War Hospitals, 1914-1919

    Project

    Stories of Exeter’s War Hospitals, 1914-1919 is one of the projects supported by the county’s Devon Remembers Heritage Project to commemorate the centenary of the First World War by exploring what life was like on the...

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    Hospital No.3 Exeter
    Hospital No.3 Exeter
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