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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. Mass Observation and the Centenary of the First World War

    Blog Post
    A blogpost by Lucy Noakes

    In 2014, at the start of a programme of First World War centenary commemorative activities in Britain, the Gateways to the First World War team, working with the four other AHRC Engagement Centres, commissioned a...

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    Mass Observation Watermans exhibition, 1987

  2. Francophones in London During the First World War

    Project

    This transdisciplinary project is uncovering the lives of Francophones in London during the war, more specifically in 1916.

  3. Journey’s End? The early pilgrims to the Western Front

    Blog Post
    A blogpost by Mark Connelly

    A blogpost by Gateways' Professor Mark Connelly discussing the first generation of pilgrims to the Western Front.

    Tourists in Ypres, Whit Monday, 1919. Image from the Imperial War Museum collection. © Jeremy Gordon-Smith

  4. A Taste of the Home Front – Arundel Museum

    Project

    This project, exploring how food shortages during WW1 affected food availability in Arundel, West Sussex, is aimed at bringing people face-to-face with some of the lesser known facts on food and food availability during...

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    Dalton & Sons - Butchers in Arundel High Street c.1920. Image reproduced with permission of Arundel Museum.
    Dalton & Sons - Butchers in Arundel High Street c.1920. Image reproduced with permission of Arundel Museum.

  5. Far From the Western Front: The Story of South Asian soldiers, 1914 – 18

    Project

    Far From the Western Front is an 18 month project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to mobilise volunteers across London.

    Volunteers will:

    Indian infantry 58th Rifles in the trenches, Fauquissart, France. Girdwood Collection
    Indian infantry 58th Rifles in the trenches, Fauquissart, France. Girdwood Collection
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