News and Events
Call for Papers: First World War Postgraduate Symposium
On 06, Mar 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
AHRC Living Legacies 1914-1918 Engagement Centre
15 April 2015, Newcastle University
Organising Women in WW1, 21st March 2015
On 05, Mar 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
2015 is the centenary of the formation of the Women’s Institute Movement in Britain and the publication of the Maternity Letters by the Women’s Co-Operative Guild. To commemorate these events, this Conference aims to bring together anyone who is interested in women who organised themselves and others during WW1.
Call for Papers: Nonconformist Responses to the First World War
On 04, Mar 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham UK
15-16 September 2015
A Service of Commemoration and Hope for the Future
On 20, Feb 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
A Service of Commemoration and Hope for the Future: Stories of World War One from Edgbaston and Ladywood
As part of the centenary of the First World War, on September 20th 2015 we at St George’s Church are having a service to commemorate the lives of local people in our parish in Edgbaston and Ladywood who died in the war and to remember the impact this had on families and the community.
Birmingham City Council Commemorative Events
On 16, Feb 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham City Council has announced details of the city’s First and Second World War commemorative events for 2015.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, February 12th 1915
On 12, Feb 2015 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
News came this evening of a successful air raid by us on Ostend, Blankenberge and Zeebrugge. We did a fair amount of damage. Two machines were damaged but no pilots.
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King Edward’s School & the Great War
On 09, Feb 2015 | In Exhibitions | By Nicola Gauld
King Edward’s School is marking the centenary of the Great War through commemorating the service and sacrifice of the 1,411 Old Edwardians who served in the conflict.
Home Comforts: the YMCA and the Great War
On 07, Feb 2015 | In Uncategorized | By Nicola Gauld
One of our Co-Investigators, Dr Michael Snape, is currently working with the YMCA to uncover an extraordinary story of philanthropy and humanity. To find out more please see the article ‘Home Comforts: the YMCA and the Great War’, which was recently published on the AHRC’s Beyond the Trenches blog.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, February 5th 1915
On 05, Feb 2015 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
Everything is keeping very quiet at present, it is the calm before the storm.
Research Opportunity
On 27, Jan 2015 | In WW1 Projects | By Nicola Gauld
Research Bursary Opportunity
The first female House Surgeon at Worcester General Infirmary
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, January 26th 1915
On 26, Jan 2015 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
The Mail went mad yesterday because on Sunday the Hun “babykillers” came out into the North Sea to raid the British coast again.
What is World War One in the Vale?
On 23, Jan 2015 | In Events | By Voices
Did you know that Pershore Plums helped win the First World War? Or that the Vale of Evesham employed the highest number of child labourers to support the war effort? These are just a few of the stories which have been discovered about the WW1 Home Front in the Vales of Evesham and Pershore. Read more…
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, January 22nd 1915
On 22, Jan 2015 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
The zeppelins have really come at last! Two or three arrived over Great Yarmouth, Cromer, and other places round there on Tuesday night.
The Media & WW1: debate at The Hive
On 21, Jan 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
The centenary of the First World War has resulted in a plethora of related television and radio programmes from Peaky Blinders to the Radio 4 drama Home Front. This panel discussion will bring together both media professionals and academics that have been involved in these productions to discuss and answer questions on ways the contemporary media has responded to WWI.
New WW1 sessions for schools
On 16, Jan 2015 | In Uncategorized | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery are giving school pupils the opportunity to learn more about the lives of local soldiers during the First World War with a new educational session entitled Soldier Stories: Life at war 1914 – 18.
Women’s Work: Stories of the Factory Workers
On 16, Jan 2015 | In WW1 Projects | By Nicola Gauld
Women and Theatre are being funded to carry out a heritage research project in the Small Heath community between January and March 2015.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, January 15th 1915
On 15, Jan 2015 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
Things are going on steadily and satisfactorily. The new army is going over to France soon, and K with it and then things will begin to move.
New exhibition: Faith & Action, Quakers and the First World War
On 12, Jan 2015 | In Exhibitions | By Nicola Gauld
Confronted by war and suffering, what would you do?
Call for Papers: Globalising and Localising the Great War
On 08, Jan 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Globalising and Localising the Great War is a project based at the University of Oxford which aims to bring together scholars who are working on the War from a variety of different perspectives.
Ladywood 1914-1918 exhibition
On 07, Jan 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Ladywood History Group presents an exhibition about the Ladywood area and Ladywood people who fought in World War One.
Conference on British Art & War 1914-1918
On 07, Jan 2015 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
The Barber Institute is holding a special one day colloquium exploring British Art & War during the First World War, inspired by their C.R.W. Nevinson exhibition.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, January 1st 1915
On 01, Jan 2015 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
This is the first thing I have written this year. We have lost another battle ship.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 25th 1914
On 25, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
No papers today, when we all want them so much to see about Dover and if there is anything in the report that Cromer has been bombarded.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 24th 1914
On 24, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
Christmas Eve, and the strangest I have ever known.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 19th 1914
On 19, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
We’ve done it! And it’s about time too.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 16th 1914
On 16, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
Yesterday came news that one of our older submarines the B11 dived under the five rows of mines guarding the Dardanelles and sunk a 40 year old Turkish ship.
New Films on ‘Human Battles on the Home Front’
On 15, Dec 2014 | In Exhibitions, Resources | By Voices
Eight short films have been produced for an exhibition on ‘John Galsworthy and Battles on the Home Front’. The University of Birmingham’s Cadbury Research Library holds the Galsworthy papers and was a major contributor of material to this exhibition at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.
New event added: Britain’s Black Community & the Great War
On 12, Dec 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
October 2015 sees the 100th anniversary of the British West Indies Regiment and while often overlooked, men and women from Africa and the Caribbean played a key role in the First World War, making sacrifices to stand alongside the ‘mother country’.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 12th 1914
On 12, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
I heard today that I passed my First Aid exam by 64 out of 100.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 10th 1914
On 10, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
The latest is that the Kaiser died at 4 O’clock today. It is his time to die now as the Emperor of Austria died at the beginning of the war, and the Kronprinz was buried a few months ago.
Remembering the Christmas Truce
On 06, Dec 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Following on from the success of the First World War commemorative programme of events in August, Birmingham City Council is continuing to commemorate the First World War with an event marking the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce of 1914.
Video Captures Leintwardine HLF Project
On 02, Dec 2014 | In Events, Exhibitions, WW1 Projects | By Voices
Well over a thousand people attended the Leintwardine exhibition and events over four days in October. This video features the Shropshire Radio interview with Nerissa Wilson of the Leintwardine History Society, who describes visitors’ reactions to the exhibition.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 2nd 1914
On 02, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
I went to Nechells today to assist in the administration of the Prince of Wales’ fund. It is very interesting work.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, December 1st 1914
On 01, Dec 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
H.M. George Vth has gone to the front to see his troops. As all the papers take care to point out, he is the first British King to do so since George II fought at Dettingen, which, by a strange chance, is somewhere about the same part of Europe.
Call For Papers: ‘Building up the indomitable spirit of the army’: Military Chaplains of WWI
On 30, Nov 2014 | In Uncategorized | By Nicola Gauld
To help mark the centenary of the Great War, Bath Spa University and Downside Abbey will hold a one-day colloquium to discuss the part that the chaplain played.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, November 29th 1914
On 29, Nov 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
HMS Bulwark was blown up at Sheerness a day or two ago in the morning.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, November 25th 1914
On 25, Nov 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
Our men have made a successful air raid on Zeebrugge, a German North Sea naval base or something and I think smashed it up. We are doing well all round. The Red Cross exam was today at 6.30. It might have been worse, but it was not over nice. Anyway it is over, all but the result.
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Memorabilia Roadshow
On 24, Nov 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Memorabilia Roadshow at Compton Verney this Saturday!
Exhibition: West Indies to West Midlands
On 24, Nov 2014 | In Exhibitions | By Nicola Gauld
This year’s First World War centenary remembrances pay special tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of soldiers and servicemen of the former Commonwealth colonies.
The Diary of Dorothy Priest, November 22nd 1914
On 22, Nov 2014 | In Priest Diary | By Nicola Gauld
Nothing big has happened for some time now.
