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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. Returned from the Front: Mapping the Repatriated Grave Markers of the Great War

    Project

    Researchers from the University of Kent are working with the Western Front Association to develop an online record of the battlefield crosses and grave markers which were returned from Europe to Britain after the First...

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  2. The Somme on film

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    Organised by The National Archives

    This year, Imperial War Museums and members of the First World War Centenary Partnership are working together to show the UNESCO-listed film The Battle of the Somme to audiences across the world.

  3. Changing the Landscape

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    Organised by The National Archives

    Supported using public funds by the National Lottery through the Arts Council England, Changing the Landscape follows Rifleman Barney Griew's first hand account of his journey from Hackney, London to Northern France,...

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  4. Defeating the Zeppelins

    Event
    Organised by The National Archives

    On Sunday 3 September 1916, William Leefe Robinson, a British pilot of the Royal Flying Corps, shot down the first German airship over mainland Britain. The action earned him a Victoria Cross.

  5. Demystifying the archives: Richmond Borough at war

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    Organised by The National Archives

    This joint talk, between The National Archives and Richmond Local Studies, will show you how to get the most out of archives.

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