Posts by venue: World War 1

First World War Stories: A headmaster’s view of the War’s first months

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Military History   Social History   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on September 10, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

On 4 August 1914 Britain entered the First World War. Events moved swiftly over the following months and I thought it would be interesting to take a look at them through the eyes of someone who lived through those turbulent… Read more

Robert Spence – artist and ambulance service hero in France in World War 1

Art   Laing Art Gallery   World War 1
Posted by administrator on September 5, 2014     Permalink     Comments (6)

North-East artist Robert Spence (1871-1964) joined an ambulance unit in France as soon as possible after the First World War broke out. This scene shows a first-aid post on the front line near the village of Mesnil-les-Hurlus. In 1915, French troops… Read more

First World War – Viscount Grey and the Natural History Society of Northumbria

Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on August 22, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

Elizabeth Garnett  – a Volunteer in the Great North Museum: Hancock Library has been investigating the fascinating link between the Natural History Society of Northumbria and a key figure in the First World War, Viscount Grey. “The lamps are going… Read more

A North-East Artist in the Trenches in World War 1

Art   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery   Social History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on July 21, 2014     Permalink     Comments (3)

This view of soldiers in a trench on the Somme battlefront around Péronne was drawn by Victor Noble Rainbird, a local artist who fought with various battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War. His sketch shows a… Read more

First World War Stories: Honouring Jarrow’s War Heroes

Collections & Objects   Local History   Military History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on July 7, 2014     Permalink     Comments (52)

I recently came across a fascinating document, which relates very nicely to the forthcoming exhibition at South Shields Museum ‘Home of Heroes’. The item is a poster listing all those recognised by the Jarrow War Heroes’ Fund between October 1917… Read more