WW1 COMMEMORATION DATABASE (as at mid March 2014)
Additions since end February in Red
Organisations in Gloucestershire which have indicated an intention to commemorate WW1 in some way.
Organisation
Abbeywood School
Acton Court
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
Avon Valley Railway
Barrs Court School, Longwell
Green
BBC Radio Gloucestershire
Brimsham Green School
Bristol Aero Collection
Chedworth Remembers the
Great War
Cheltenham Art Gallery &
Museum
Cheltenham College
Cheltenham Ladies College
Cheltenham Literary Festival
Cheltenham Local History Soc
Cheltenham Music Festival
Cheltenham Rugby Club
Cheltenham Town Council
Chipping Campden Literature
Festival
Chipping Sodbury War Memorial
Chipping Sodbury Secondary
Chipping Sodbury Police
Churchdown Male Voice Choir
Cirencester Archaeological and
Historical Society
Cirencester Parish Church
Cirencester Music al & Operatic
Society
Project/Event
WW1 Focus Day
Poetry event
Dates
Mar/Apr 14
Poppy Train
Project
27/7/14
2014
Various
Western Front battlefield visit; poetry project
Booklet on WW1
http://chedworth.org.uk/chedworth-remembers/
Research project
Exhibition: Conflict in Art & WW1
Including: play about Raymond Moor VC;
exhibition;
human chain into Cheltenham;
battlefield tour of Western Front
Research project, public exhibition, lecture
programme
`Gloucestershire and WW1` lecture (Robin Dixon)
Further lectures in 2014 Lit Fest
1WW event
Centenary Commemoration Concert
Exhibition of WW1 rugby memorabilia
Commemoration with twin towns
2014 theme: `War and Peace`
Book by Alison Benton: `Remember Them`
Series of events
Police ceremonial team at Ypres Menin Gate
Ceremony
Commemoration Concert in the Cathedral
Exhibition at Corinium Museum, lecture series,
booklet on names on war memorials.
Memorial concert, book of remembrance
Old Time Music Hall production
2014
9/14-3/15
Nov 14
9 Nov 14
Oct 14
8/10/13
19/7/14
6/7/14
Nov 14
6-11 May
14
19/7/14
16/8-14/9
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Cirencester Town Council
Corinium Museum
Cotswold District Council
Cotswold Farm Park, Guiting
Power
Dean Heritage Centre
Doynton Parish Council
Dr Jenner`s House & Garden,
Berkeley
Dymock WW1 Commemoration
Group
Everyman Theatre
Filton History Group
Forest of Dean Brass
Forest of Dean Local History
Society
Frenchay Museum
F W Harvey Society
Friends of Page Park & RBL
Staple Hill
GCHQ
Gotherington History Society
Gloucestershire Army Cadet
Force (The Rifles)
Gloucester Cathedral/Diocese
Glos Choral Society & Chelt
Symphony Orchestra
Gloucestershire Archives
Gloucester City Museums
Producing booklet of events
Exhibition of research from local war memorials.
Education programme & workshops with local
schools, lecture programme, artist in residence,
vintage charity evening,
£500 grant to Councillors to commemorate WW1
Living History Day(s)
Event possibly including military participation
Refurbishment of war memorial
Summer
14
2 & 3/8 14
2014
Commemorating the Dymock poets
Partnership chair; themed touring performance;
creative residencies in schools; disabled young
project; musical shows for the elderly; community
play. Official Launch date TBC.
WW1 memorials research & listing
WW1 themed concert in the Cathedral
28/7-1/8 14
27/6/14
Exhibition & booklet
New composition of `A Gloucestershire Lad` in
27/6/14
Forest of Dean Brass concert
Commemorative
event
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Research and book on war memorial names
Platoon history projects. Somme battlefield tour
6/8/14. Support to local commemorative events.
Commemorative service in the Cathedral.
`A Heart for Service` schools programme.
Exhibition in Blackfriars in Gloucester History
Week
Musical evening in the Cathedral `For the Fallen`
7/14
Community research project; war memorial
project; `WW1 in Glos` Historypin channel; coord
of `Glos Remembers the 1st World War`
Exhibition featuring people`s stories and the city
during WW1
14-18
3/8/14
15-19 SEP
14
3 MAY 14
Summer
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Gloucestershire County Council
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Madeline Bills
Stephanie Purser
dauphine@lineone.net
stephpurser@btinternet.com
Archaeology Service
Glos Family History Society
Gloucestershire Libraries
Glos Local History Association
Gloucestershire Media
Gloucestershire Music
Gloucestershire Regiment
Association
Gloucester Rugby Club
Hanham Abbots Junior School
Hartpury Drama Group
History Press, The
Holst Birthplace Museum
Ivor Gurney Society
Jet Age Museum
Kingswood Heritage Museum
Little Sodbury Church
Maisemore Local history Group
Museum in the Park, Stroud
Nailsworth Archives Group
National Star College
New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
Newpark Park, Ozleworth
Oddington Parish Council
Pates Grammar School
Poulton Parish Council
Royal British Legion
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Ribston Hall High School
Severn Vale School
Sheepscombe History Society
Shirehampton War Project
Shurdington Primary School
Sir Thomas Rich`s Grammar
School
Soldiers Of Gloucestershire
Museum
South Gloucestershire Council
Local History Day (featuring WW1)
Various
New work `Hall of Memory`
Possible commemoration
Possible commemoration and booklet
Commemoration project
Commemoration play
incl Living History Day
Commemoration exhibitions
Commemoration centenary of Gloster Aircraft Co
Exhibition & booklet
Service to mark `Blessed Village`
Exhibition in church. Church service & debate.
11/10/14
Jul 14
1916 or17
2014
21-24/5/14
2017
22/51425/5/14
Foyer exhibitions throughout 2014-18
`Remembering Nailsworth`s Fallen`
`Tommy Art` exhibition
Book: `Lest We Forget. Remembering Poulton`s
Great War Dead` (2013)
Unveiling of refurbished war memorial
Co-ord of a national legacy programme
1100 3
Aug 14
14-18
Community initiative
Soldiers of Glos WW1 data base. Lecture
programme. Other projects.
`Adopt a War Memorial` + research; joint bid with S Glos
Museums & Heritage Forum to HLF;WW1 webpage
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South Glos TwinningAssociation
South Glos Youth Music Service
Star College
Stow-on-the-Wold
Staple Hill RBL
Sudeley Castle
Tewkesbury Historical Society &
Tewkesbury School
Tewkesbury, The Roses Theatre
Support to South Glos Museums Gp
Commemorative concert
2014
Nov 14
Book: `Stow on the Wold Memorial`
Series of events
Thornbury WW1 Event Group
Research project Tewkesbury war memorials &
book
6-month research project & 4 performances of
`The Hospital`
Commemorative event in High St & Maundy Fields
Thornbury Museum
Exhibition
12 & 13
Apr 14
ThornburyU3A Great War Group
Three Choirs Festival
Thornbury Museum
Twyning Village
Twyning, St Mary`s Church
War Memorials Trust
Winchcombe
World War 1 Museum,
Cheltenham
Wotton-Under-Edge Historical
Society & Heritage Centre
Yate & District Heritage Centre
Yate & Sodbury branch U3A (2)
To include works by Dymock poets
Exhibition & booklet
Book `The War Dead of Twyning Parish 19141982`
WW1 Concert
WW1 Church Service
31/7/14
1WW-themed church service
Permanent exhibition
1/7/14
Archive and exhibition. Book `1st World War
Heroes of Wotton-Under-Edge`
Exhibition, booklet; musical event; Heritage
Centre
War memorials research & booklet
12 Jul 14
13 Jul 14
26/7/14
Notes.
1. Registered on First World War Centenary Website www.1914.org See also www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org
2. University of the Third Age
3. New work by local composer Liz Lane; will be performed by Gloucestershire County Wind Band in Birmingham 3 Jul 14 as part of Music for Youth`s National Festival, and (joined by
Gloucestershire Youth String Ensemble) at Gent and Brussels Cathedrals and the Menin Gate, Ypres 15-19 Jul 14.
4. Support from twinned towns in France and Germany.
5. At Wells Cathedral, in partnership with BANES, Bristol Council, and Wells Cathedral School.
6. Cirencester Art & Historical Society.
7. Chair of `Commemorating WW1 in Gloucestershire Partnership`. See www.glosremembers.co.uk and see http://www.historypin.com/channels/view/id/48639/#|photos/list/ for Facebook and
Twitter links.
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8. With 20 local societies.
9. In aid of RBL.
10. See www.remembering.org.uk
11. See www.gloshistory.org.uk which includes a list of all local history societies in Gloucestershire.
12. http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/article/107703/Archives-Homepage Glos Archives will be advertising in local media their research assistance `tool kit`.
13. Lottery grant.
14. Lottery Grant application.
15. + sponsored swim; see www.justgiving.com/andrew-workman
16. In conjunction with Innsworth Military Wives Choir.
17. In collaboration with Marketing Gloucester and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum.
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