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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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Taking steps to uncover a hidden wartime world in South Yorkshire

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 walking trails across the borough – the result of hours of work by local historians and volunteers, as well as funding made possible by National Lottery players. During the walks, familiar streets, homes and businesses are transformed, as they reveal secret clues to a surprising 100 year-old past, from key landmarks in the area’s wartime history to more intimate family moments, all

South Yorkshire's Brave Battle against Wartime 'Baby Killers': New Exhibition

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, training the world’s first fighter pilots and pioneering cutting-edge technology in a terrifying international Arms Race against enemy ‘Baby Killers’ – the deadly Zeppelin airships. The exhibition, ‘Riding High: Doncaster Airfields and the Zeppelin Raid on Sheffield’, is a partnership between the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum and Doncaster 1914-18, a four-year project supported by National Lottery players

South Yorkshire's Brave Battle against Wartime 'Baby Killers': New Exhibition

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, training the world’s first fighter pilots and pioneering cutting-edge technology in a terrifying international Arms Race against enemy ‘Baby Killers’ – the deadly Zeppelin airships. The exhibition, ‘Riding High: Doncaster Airfields and the Zeppelin Raid on Sheffield’, is a partnership between the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum and Doncaster 1914-18, a four-year project supported by National Lottery players

Country Houses at War: new First World War exhibition uncovers Doncaster's Homefront Heroes

Estate of War: Doncaster's Country Houses 1914-18, at Cusworth Hall from 16 July 2016A new free exhibition opening on 16 July at Cusworth Hall in Doncaster will reveal how the women of Doncaster’s country houses played a crucial part in the First World War, by turning their grand residences into home front battlegrounds while heirs and workers of the great estates fought on the front line.    The exhibition - Estate of War: Doncaster’s Country Houses 1914-18 - has involved volunteers in over 156 hours of research, and takes a major step forward in understanding Doncaster’s Home Front,

Centenary of the Battle of the Somme 1916: Doncaster honours its local people

Friday 1 July, Commemoration Day and Public Service at Doncaster MinsterOn 1 July, the Doncaster Civic Mayor, Councillor David Nevett will honour the Centenary of the 1916 Battle of the Somme during a special public service and Commemoration Day at Doncaster Minster, with the help of local schoolchildren and history societies. The Commemoration Day, remembering the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, will launch a series of 100th anniversary events across the area - including a new exhibition based on personal testimonies, and cinema screenings of an original wartime

Doncaster Goes to War: would YOU join the First World War army?

Saturday 4 June, 10.30am - 3.30pm in Doncaster Market-PlaceIf the world was at war, would you join the Army? On Saturday 4 June, families visiting Doncaster town centre will be asked to make up their minds during a free event, ‘Doncaster Goes to War’ that turns the clock back to 1916, a landmark year in the First World War when – for the first time in British history - the government was forced to call up Doncaster’s men to fight for king and country. Based on real-life events, families will be able to step back 100 years as wartime Doncaster is vividly recreated through living history,

A New Generation of Artists and Designers recreate a 100 year-old Wartime World

Thanks to National Lottery players, from 11 May up-and-coming artists from South Yorkshire will be helping to recreate a lost wartime world, to mark the centenary of the First World War.  Inspired by the real-life stories of local people, students from University Centre Doncaster have used both traditional and cutting-edge techniques - from dance to computer games design, from drama to video production – to bring Doncaster’s First World War to life. The aspiring creative professionals have been working in partnership with Doncaster 1914-18, a four-year project supported by the Heritage

Join the First World War Time Team - and change your life

Doncaster 1914-18 needs YOU!First World War experts in Doncaster are inviting local people to make a New Year’s resolution to volunteer their time in a history-focused community project – with a promise that it could change their lives!  Doncaster 1914-18 is a four-year First World War centenary project, funded by a grant of £926,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), aiming to build a picture of Doncaster’s First World War history and legacy. The Doncaster’s 1914-18 project team need local people to help uncover a 100 year-old heritage at risk of being lost forever. By getting

Appeal launched to find the missing people of Doncaster’s First World War

With Armistice Day just round the corner, Doncaster people are being asked to turn armchair detective to find the missing people of the First World War, and ensure they’re never forgotten.  In a UK first, a new free and interactive website - www.doncaster1914-18.org.uk – will help local people re-connect with ancestors from 100 years ago, who lived, worked and served on the home front and front line during the First World War, thanks to National Lottery Players.  The new website is part of Doncaster 1914-18, a four-year centenary project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), aiming

Doncaster shoppers in First World War trenches this August

Live Archaeology Dig: Uncovering Doncaster's First World WarShopping in Doncaster will become a historic experience this summer as archaeologists open up trenches in Doncaster town centre to reveal the lives of First World War soldiers training for the front-lines. For two weeks from Monday 10 August, a live archaeological dig will be uncovering the lost military training ground and barracks of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, hidden beneath our feet. The Dig – open to visit for free between 10am to 4pm daily - is part of Doncaster 1914-18, a four-year centenary project, funded

Free family event gives a taste of Doncaster's First World War at Cusworth Hall

Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 July 2015Doncaster’s families will be able to travel back 100 years to explore life on the home front during the First World War at a major – and free - event at Cusworth Hall and Park on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July 2015. Visitors to ‘Life on the Home Front Weekend’ can taste wartime cooking, try out costumes and crafts, encounter vintage vehicles, and even meet soldiers and nurses in living history camps, experiencing military training and medical care just like people in Doncaster in 1915. The weekend is being organised as part of Doncaster 1914-18, a four-

Digging for Doncaster – volunteers sought for new archaeological exploration

History enthusiasts around Doncaster are being given a unique opportunity to get their hands dirty alongside leading archaeologists this summer as part of a fortnight-long dig to try to uncover secrets about the town’s First World War and military history. As part of the Doncaster 1914-18 project, archaeologists will be conducting two weeks of excavations in the grounds of St Peter in Chains Church on Chequer Road – the former location of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry’s Scarbrough Barracks and just a stone’s throw away from the project’s curators at Doncaster Museum & Art

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