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April 2014
Exhibition: From Street to Trench
From Street to Trench: A World War that Shaped a Region Imperial War Museum North Our new exhibition, the largest of its kind, reveals the important contribution the North West made during the First World War. Marking the 100 year commemoration we have gathered together over 200 objects, films, sound recordings, photographs, artworks and letters. The displays include items from IWM’s unrivalled national collections and from personal public donated items, many of which have never been on public display before.…
Find out more »Exhibition: The Last Post
A poignant new free exhibition, Last Post: Remembering the First World War, will explore the effect of the events of 1914-18 on the Post Office, its people and the contribution of postal communications to the war effort. It will be on display at the Coalbrookdale Gallery, adjacent to Enginuity Friday 11 April 2014 until Friday 27 March 2015. Before 1914 Post Office communications were vital to everyday life through the telegraph, telephone and postal systems. At the outbreak of war,…
Find out more »Exhibition: Tom, Frank and May – One Family’s Story
Thomas Merry and his wife Elizabeth lived at Blakesley Hall from 1901 to 1932. Their three children, Tom, Frank and May, all played a part in the struggle of the First World War. Tom was an officer in the Army Service Corps based at Rouen working in logistics, Frank fought at Passchendaele with the Artists Rifles (and was wounded in the very action John Nash depicts in his famous painting 'Over the Top') and May enrolled in the Voluntary Aid…
Find out more »May 2014
Exhibition: A Land Fit for Heroes
A Land Fit for Heroes: War and the Working Class 1914-1918 People's History Museum, Manchester A Land Fit For Heroes examines how World War I changed society, radically altering the social, economic, cultural and political outlook of the British people. The museum’s current changing exhibition looks at why people supported the war (and those that didn’t), the role that women played in the war effort, how home life was radically changed, the influence the war had on politics and the labour movement…
Find out more »June 2014
Exhibition: An Adaptable Trade: The Jewellery Quarter at War
Before the outbreak of the War in 1914, Birmingham’s jewellery industry was vast, with an estimated 70,000 people employed in manufacturing jewellery and supplying the trade. By 1918 over 200 firms had closed, and employee numbers halved - and yet Birmingham’s jewellery trade survived, retaining much of its former dominance. 'An Adaptable Trade' explores how the industry adapted to wartime austerity, the impact on local people, and the vital role played by women. Looking in detail at three prominent Jewellery…
Find out more »July 2014
Art from Ammunition: Trench Art from the First World War
As part of a national programme to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War, this is a small display of objects from a Warwickshire-based private collection of Trench Art and is situated within Compton Verney’s own Folk Art collection galleries. Trench Art is a term used to describe objects made from the by-products of 20th and 21st century warfare, but is most widely associated with the First World War. The display includes decorated shell cases, carved…
Find out more »Exhibition: Soldier Stories: Birmingham and the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918
Birmingham was the main recruiting area for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at the beginning of the 20th century. This exhibition focuses on the stories of some of the Birmingham men who served in the Regiment in the First World War. During the course of the war the Royal Warwickshire Regiment raised 30 battalions of soldiers. Many of them came from Birmingham. They served in France, Belgium, and Italy as well as Gallipoli (Turkey) and Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). Many gallantry medals…
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