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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. Enemy Rule: Seeing the First World War through the lens of military occupations

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    Leverhulme Lecture Series: Sophie De Schaepdrijver

    German soldiers watching a female lacemaker at work in German occupied Belgium
    © IWM Q87606. German soldiers watching a female lacemaker at work in German occupied Belgium
  2. Child Labour in the Great War

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    A blogpost by Dr Rebecca Gill

    Dr Rebecca Gill (University of Huddersfield) discusses her research with the Workers' Education Association and Heritage Quay into the campaign against child labour in Yorkshire during the First World War.

    'Young male labourers assembling aircraft switch part'  - Imperial War Museum (c) IWM Q54588
  3. Casualties of War

    Project

    Professor Ian Beckett and Dr Timothy Bowman of the University of Kent are leading this digitisation and transcription project in partnership with the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies at Aylesbury.

  4. Finding Ella Harling

    Project

    Finding Ella Harling is a community project based in the village of Wye in Kent. Residents are aiming to find out about the life of a girl who lived in the village during World War 1.

    Sophie, a pupil at Wye School...

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    Ella Harding
    Ella Harding
  5. Resurrecting the Shakespeare Hut

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    A forgotten building that opened 100 years ago and which was a safe haven for nearly 100,000 First World War soldiers, is being remembered this summer.

    Temporary war buildings used by the YMCA, Shakespeare Hut, Gower Street. © IWM (Q 28741)
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