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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. Military Voices Past and Present

    Project

    Military Voices Past and Present is a new West Sussex County Council Library Service project which needs your help.

    Soldiers training on Bognor Regis beach, 1939;  Frank L'Alouette Collection, by kind permission of Jeanette Hickman, Collection now at West Sussex Record Office (ref. L’ALOUETTE/A/1/2/43)
    Soldiers training on Bognor Regis beach, 1939; Frank L'Alouette Collection, by kind permission of Jeanette Hickman, Collection now at West Sussex Record Office (ref. L’ALOUETTE/A/1/2/43)
  2. The HMS Irene Explosion, 1915

    Blog Post

    A blogpost by Anna Fry (School of History, University of Kent) about her research into the HMS Princess Irene disaster for the Criterion Bluetown Heritage Centre...

    HMS Princess Irene
  3. First World War Poetry & Art Competition

    News

    Never Such Innocence is inviting all 9-16 year olds to send them poems or artwork inspired by the events of the First World War.

  4. Nursing at the Front: Edie Appleton's War Diary

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    A blogpost by Alison Fell

    In 2015 Prof Alison Fell (University of Leeds) embarked on a new AHRC-funded research project, supported by Gateways to the First World War, focusing on Sister Edie Appleton’s...

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    Sister Edie Appleton
  5. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission & the First World War

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    Gateways Event
    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    In 1914, Sir Fabian Ware, the commander of a mobile unit of the Red Cross on the Western Front, felt driven to find a way to ensure that the final resting places of the dead of the Great War would not be lost forever.

    Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, 1921.
    Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, 1921. Image reproduced with permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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