As part of her research into the Home Front in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Sue Mann has been working on the experiences of children. In this piece she comments on the...
This article has been researched and written by Meredith Andrea, who is the grandniece of a World War 1 boy soldier Clements Hall Local History Group https://clementshallhistorygroup.wordpress.com i...
‘German and British descendants share heritage from the Great War’ is a collaborative project to record and share family memories of the First World War. Led by London’s reminiscence organisati...
Children of the Great War collection day Contributed by Michael Roper Our collection day was more successful than we could have hoped, with sixteen volunteers coming forward. Initial numbers had...
Contributed by Michael Roper (Centre Member and Professor of History at University of Essex) We’ve been doing a last ditch effort to publicise the collection day, contacting local history groups,...
Members of the Everyday Lives in War centre have been busy sharing their research at various events over the last few months. Michael Roper gave a paper on children of disabled...
In a previous post, Michael Roper wrote about the screening of the Children of the Great War installation film. You can now view that film in full below. As Michael...
Contributed by Michael Roper (Centre Member and Professor of History at University of Essex) In his last post, Michael Roper wrote about the Centre’s screening of ‘Children of the Great War’......
The University of Essex will host a collection day on 18 July, giving people an opportunity to share their family memories of the First World War. Do you have a...