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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. The Orange Lilies – Brighton & Hove in the Somme

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    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    Free WWI Community history event marking the end of the Somme centenary at the University of Brighton, 2-5pm on 18th November 2016.

    With introduction by Nicola Benge, The Orange Lilies Project Manager.

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  2. Project Coordinator sought for WW1 project

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    Project Zero, a centenary partnership project, will commemorate the role of the dirigible (or airship) that was deployed in Wales during 1916 to 1918 in the service of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), based on...

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  3. Music 1914-18

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    Gateways Event
    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    This exhibition, on music in the period 1914-18, shows how integral music was and is to the history and memory of the First World War.

    A Company, 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) marching to the trenches on Doullens-Amiens road at Pas-en-Artois, 26th June 1916. © IWM (Q 790)
    A Company, 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) marching to the trenches on Doullens-Amiens road at Pas-en-Artois, 26th June 1916. © IWM (Q 790)

  4. The Battle of the Somme (1916) at Westgate Hall, Canterbury

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    Gateways Event
    Organised by Gateways to the First World War

    This year, Imperial War Museums (IWM) 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.

    Still from The Battle of the Somme, Part 3, 1916 © IWM Q79501
    Still from The Battle of the Somme, Part 3, 1916 © IWM Q79501

  5. The Great War as it was!

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    Supported by Gateways to the First World War

    What did the men who wrote Peter Pan and Winnie the Pooh make of the First World War?

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