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Walking the wartime App: Vicky Siviter (project team) and Jean Walker (project volunteer) test the new App at Doncaster War Memorial
Walking the wartime App: At Rossington Colliery Then
Walking the wartime App: Parkinson's Shop in Doncaster
Walking the wartime App: Mexborough War Memorial
Walking the wartime App: Doncaster War Memorial Then
Riding High: Hugh Carson in his flying uniform. c With kind permission of Hugh Carson's grandson, Professor Phil Green
Riding High: B flight 107 Squadron c. with kind permission of Hugh Carson's grandson, Professor Phil Green
Riding High: Adam Kessen with one of RAF Doncaster's Arvo 504 trainers, 1918. c SYAM /Kessen
Riding High: Postcard of Zeppelin in search lights, produced during the First World War. c. SYAM
Riding High: Hugh Carson's notebook. C. With kind permission of Hugh Carson's grandson, Professor Phil Green
Riding High: BE2c armed with machine guns for anti-zeppelin defence of Sheffield. c IRK/Stewart Leslie
Doncaster 1914-18: Homefront patients at Loversal Hall
Doncaster 1914-18: Homefront Heroes at Loversal Hall
Doncaster 1914-18: Homefront Heroes, farming at Bawtry Hall
Doncaster 1914-18: Homefront Heroes at Hooton Pagnell Hall
Doncaster 1914-18: Homefront Territorials at Cusworth Hall
Battle of the Somme Missing Person Sergeant Arthur Baker Doncaster Gazette 8 Aug 1916
Battle of the Somme Memorial Doncaster Minster c Sue Adam

About Us

Doncaster 1914–18 encourages the people of Doncaster to uncover and share their own First World War stories. A series of events, exhibitions and a new website will explore the role of the borough, its people and the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the conflict. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Doncaster's wartime stories in the spotlight for a national concert tour

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Doncaster's wartime stories in the spotlight for a national concert tour Three of the UK’s top singer-songwriters have been so inspired by Doncaster’s real-life First World War stories that they’re putting them centre-stage in a national War & Peace tour from 15 May - a unique musical tribute...
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Surprise wartime hoard of 100 year-old photos revealed for first time in Doncaster

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News release 22/10/18   Surprise wartime hoard of 100 year-old photos revealed for first time in Doncaster ‘Stories from the Studio’, new exhibition from Saturday 27 October 2018 at Cusworth Hall From 27 October, a newly-discovered hoard of hundreds of First World War photographs, never seen befo...
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From 1918 with love: Doncaster revives wartime campaign to comfort today’s front line troops

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NEWS RELEASE 9 May 2018 From 1918 with love: Doncaster revives wartime campaign to comfort today’s front line troops   During the First World War, ‘comfort’ packages were a lifeline for front line soldiers spending Christmas away from home.  Now, in the final year of the Doncaster 1914-18 project...
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How Doncaster's Home Front history-makers changed our world: new exhibition

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NEWS RELEASE 3 April 2018   HOW DONCASTER’S HOME FRONT HISTORY-MAKERS CHANGED OUR WORLD: NEW EXHIBITION Keep the Home Fires Burning, Doncaster Museum   For the first time ever, a new free exhibition – ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ at Doncaster Museum – will be revealing Doncaster’s home front hi...
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Doncaster's gamers challenged to play real-life war games for Armistice Day 2017

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Doncaster's gamers challenged to play real-life war games for Armistice Day 2017   Doncaster’s gamers, young and old, are being challenged to find out whether they have what it takes to survive the First World War, in a series of five commemorative online games – free to play - being launched dur...
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ROADSHOW EXPERTS SEEK FIRST WORLD WAR TREASURES IN DONCASTER’S ATTICS!

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ROADSHOW EXPERTS SEEK FIRST WORLD WAR TREASURES IN DONCASTER’S ATTICS!   On Sunday 29 October, a panel of experts will be urging people in Doncaster to search their attics for First World War family heirlooms, as they hunt for the stars of an upcoming people’s exhibition during the free First Wo...
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Turning back time: funfairs, farmyard friends and warhorses roll up for a wartime summer gala

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NEWS RELEASE 14 July 2017       TURNING BACK TIME: FUNFAIRS, FARMYARD FRIENDS AND WARHORSES ROLL UP FOR A WARTIME SUMMER GALA Life on the Home Front Day at Cusworth Hall, 11am – 4pm on Sunday 23 July   Roll up, roll up! On Sunday 23 July, Cusworth Hall near Doncaster wil...
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Bringing them Home: Volunteers unite communities with their First World War Heroes

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        BRINGING THEM HOME: VOLUNTEERS HELP REUNITE COMMUNITIES WITH THEIR FIRST WORLD WAR HEROES Following over 4,000 hours of detective work by Doncaster 1914-18 project volunteers and history societies, the ‘missing people’ of Doncaster’s First World War ...
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Taking steps to uncover a hidden wartime world in South Yorkshire

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Taking steps to uncover a hidden wartime world in South Yorkshire FRI, OCT 07, 2016 13:27 CET Local people can now step back in time to explore the hidden world of First World War Doncaster and its surrounding towns and villages, with the launch of a free mobile app showcasing new interactive wa...
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South Yorkshire

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South Yorkshire's Brave Battle against Wartime 'Baby Killers': New Exhibition MON, SEP 12, 2016 09:30 CET From 20 September 2016, a new exhibition at South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in Doncaster will reveal South Yorkshire’s pivotal role in the First World War battle for the skies, trainin...
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