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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. First World War Lewes Music Hall

    Event
    Organised by East Sussex County Council First World War Commemorations

    An evening of musical entertainment, sketches, monologues and popular songs of the era, as performed for the troops in the Assembly Room, Lewes Town Hall, between 1914 and 1918, with bar and buffet.

  2. East Sussex Women and the First World War

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    Organised by East Sussex County Council First World War Commemorations

    Whilst fighting raged in Europe and beyond, victory in the First World War was not simply dependent on the actions of those in the trenches. As a ‘Total War’ the actions of those on the home front were crucial in...

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  3. Paul Nash and other war artists

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    Organised by The National Archives

    Tate Archive curator, Darragh O’Donoghue, and First World War Diverse Histories Researcher, Louise Bell, will deliver a talk on Paul Nash and other war artists.

  4. A women’s war: WAACS, WRNS and women’s work

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    Organised by The National Archives

    Join us for an afternoon of talks focusing on women in the First World War.

  5. The men and women who didn't return. Lewes's wartime casualties

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    Organised by East Sussex County Council First World War Commemorations

    The talk will explain how the 236 names on the bronze plaques on Lewes War Memorial were compiled as well as the lives of many of those who were killed including those whose names were not included on the memorial itself...

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