Children’s working experiences in the First World War
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...
Tag Archives: Children Of The Great War
Winning the Children
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...
Meeting in No Man’s Land – Planning Meeting, Rosenheim, January ...
‘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...
Research in Brief – Reflections on Collection Day
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...
Research in Brief – Children of the Great War: Update from Week ...
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,...
Recent Talks by Centre Members
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...
Research in Brief – Children of the Great War film installation
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...
Research in Brief – Children of the Great War: Update from Week ...
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’......
Children of the Great War memorial collection day
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...