This event has finished Took place on: Tuesday, 16th Jun 2015
Free FreeJoin Local History Library & Archive manager Patricia Dark to explore the First World War through the eyes of Southwark's tommies, using photographs, newpaper cuttings, and letters from the borough's archive collections.
A free talk that will dig into Southwark's archival collections to explore stories of the borough's First World War soldiers.
World War disrupted the lives of every family in Southwark. The war effort drew men away from their peacetime lives to the front lines; those left behind had to keep the home front running while waiting for news of a reunion. For some families, that reunion never came: for others, the war left indelible marks.
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This event has finished Took place on: Tuesday, 16th Jun 2015
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2015-06-16 2015-06-16 Europe/London My Tommy's War - Stories from Southwark Soldiers in the First World War. A free talk that will dig into Southwark's archival collections to explore stories of the borough's First World War soldiers. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2015/06/16/my-tommys-war-stories-from-southwark-soldiers-in-the-first-world-war-62066 John Harvard Library,211 Borough High Street,,LondonLocation
John Harvard Library,
211 Borough High Street,
London,
SE1 1JA
London,
SE1 1JA
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