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World War 1

Field of Remembrance WW1 

Australian Airman, born and buried in Birmingham

11 November, 201829 April, 2019 Marcus Belben Australian Air Corps, First World War, Lodge Hill Cemetery, Red Baron, World War 1

Our research of World War One Soldiers at Lodge Hill Cemetery has uncovered many stories from across the world. Harry

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Field of Remembrance WW1 

What can little ones do in War time?

6 November, 20182 January, 2019 Marcus Belben Birmingham, Birmingham Children of War, Children, World War 1

  It is rare to hear the voice of children in any century.  The Birmingham Weekly Mercury’s children’s competition in

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Untold Stories: sharing stories across the generations

28 November, 2016 admin 0 Comments Birmingham, Doug Smith, Dunkirk, film, Heritage, Historians, History, HLF, Korea, Merchant Navy, military, Old Contemptibles, Rachel Gillies, Suez, The Somme, Untold Stories, Veterans day, World War 1

As part of The People’s Heritage Co-operative’s HLF funded project, ‘Untold Stories: Birmingham’s Wounded Soldiers from WW1’, Year 8 pupils

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Campaigning for our wounded soldiers

9 October, 201610 July, 2019 Marcus Belben Birmingham, hospitals, Untold Stories, World War 1, World War One

Find out more about Untold Stories ‘Untold Stories’ has unearthed a history which we in Birmingham can be proud of,

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Re-telling untold stories

17 September, 2016 Marcus Belben 0 Comments Highbury Hall, Highbury Hospital, Untold Stories, World War 1, WW1

Unveiling our resources at Highbury Hall Untold stories learning resource, about Birmingham’s wounded soldiers from World War One, was formally

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Untold stories – sites of treatment

15 August, 2016 admin 1 Comment Edgbaston, Great Hall, Harborne, Heritage, hospitals, Lordswood, Mayfield, Somme, Stapylton, VAD, World War 1, WW1

Great Hall, University of Birmingham In late 1914 plans were made to establish auxiliary hospitals in large private houses across

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Untold Stories event 14 May

13 April, 20163 December, 2019 admin Birmingham Archives, hospitals, Local History, World War 1, WW1

We have now rescheduled Dr Sian Robert’s archive workshop, part of the Untold Stories project, for May 14, 2-4pm in

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Untold Stories events

29 January, 20163 December, 2019 admin Birmingham Archives, Highbury Hospital, HLF, Library of Birmingham, Local History, military, Moseley, Soldiers, World War 1, WW1

Gym, Highbury Hospital, Reproduced with permission of the Library of Birmingham A series of talks will be held in February

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HLF fund untold stories of Birmingham’s injured soldiers

22 January, 20163 December, 2019 admin Birmingham, Highbury Hospital, HLF, hospitals, Local History, military, Soldiers, World War 1, WW1

Soldiers at Highbury Hospital in Moseley.  Reproduced with permission of the Library of Birmingham We are pleased to announce Untold

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My family in World War 1

28 October, 2014 Marcus Belben 0 Comments German, Heinrich, Hoenen, Iron Cross, World War 1

It’s hard to appreciate what life might have been like 100 years ago.  Until recently I knew nothing about  Heinrich

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Contact us via e-mail at rachel@peoplesheritagecoop.uk

You can also follow us on Twitter at @PHCooperative where we tweet regularly about our work, projects of interest happening in and around Birmingham as well as the occasional historical nugget.

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