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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. ‘A Jack of All Trades’: Chaplains and Chaplaincy 1914-1918

    Blog Post
    A blogpost by Emma Hanna

    A blogpost from Gateways to the First World War Co-Investigator Dr Emma Hanna.

  2. Night in the West End Guided Research Day

    Event
    Gateways Event

    Are you interested in the history of the West End? Would you like to learn more about the cultural side of the First World War? Do you want to develop your research skills?

    Imperial War Museums © IWM (Art.IWM PST 13713)
    Imperial War Museums © IWM (Art.IWM PST 13713)

  3. The Triangle Girls

    Project

    Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust (PRDHT) is pleased to announce that we have received a grant from the National Heritage Lottery Fund to enable us to commence a project to celebrate the story of women who worked...

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    Image reproduced with permission of Dennis Miles, Chair PRDHT

  4. Trench Brothers

    Project

    Trench Brothers is an imaginative and inspiring project taking the incredible story of our Great War ethnic minority soldiers to London’s primary schools.

    Trench Brothers performance at the Brighton Dome. Photo: Clive Barda
    Trench Brothers performance at the Brighton Dome. Photo: Clive Barda

  5. Football and the First World War

    Event
    Gateways Event

    To mark the hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War, University of Kent staff will play a football match and officially twin a sports pitch with the Flanders Peace Field in Messines, Belgium.

    Image: Officers versus other ranks football match played by members of the 26th Divisional Ammunition Train, ASC near their camp, just outside the city of Salonika, Christmas Day 1915. © IWM (Q 31574)
    Image: Officers versus other ranks football match played by members of the 26th Divisional Ammunition Train, ASC near their camp, just outside the city of Salonika, Christmas Day 1915. © IWM (Q 31574)
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