Events

launch event poster

The Lest We Forget project supported 38 volunteer-led Community Collection Days between November 2017 and July 2019.

Nearly 1,000 members of the public brought their First World War stories and artefacts to be recorded by volunteers who then uploaded the information to the Lest We Forget online archive.

Explore the stories and objects collected at each Community Collection Day by clicking on the following links:

10 November 2017 Cheney School, Oxford
02 January 2018 Sunningwell Primary School, Oxford
08 June 2018 King's High, Warwick
21 July 2018 Faringdon Town Council, Faringdon
03 September 2018 Our Lady's School, Abingdon
19 September 2018 Holyport College, Maidenhead
03 October 2018 National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
02 November 2018 Cheney School, Oxford
03 November 2018 St John's Church, Menston
09 November 2018 Fleet Library, Fleet
10 November 2018 Stourport Library, Stourport-on-Severn
10 November 2018 Douglas, Isle of Man
10 November 2018 RAF Air Cadets, Beaconsfield
21 November 2018 Outside Centre, Wolverhampton
24 November 2018 Bolton Library, Bolton
19 January 2019 St John's Church, Menston
20 January 2019 Scout and Guide Hut, King's Lynn
02 February 2019 Bradford City Hall, Bradford
13 February 2019 Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport
23 February 2019 Mackie Academy, Stonehaven
23 February 2019 The Lee, Buckinghamshire
27 February 2019 Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen
06 March 2019 Plymouth University, Plymouth
09 March 2019 Outside Centre, Wolverhampton
15 March 2019 St Helen's Church, Worcester
23 March 2019 Ashleigh Primary School, Wymondham
06 April 2019 Williton Pavilion, Williton
10 April 2019 Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow
28 April 2019 York Army Museum, York
04 May 2019 Plympton Library, Plympton
04 May 2019 Dorking Museum, Dorking
10 May 2019 Plymstock Library, Plymstock
17 May 2019 Southway Library, Southway
18 May 2019 Shotley Royal British Legion, Ipswich
20 May 2019 Crownhill Library, Crownhill
29 May 2019 Devonport Library, Devonport