Category: Remembrance
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Queen Street
Queen Street was possibly Cheltenham’s most unfortunate street during the First World War. The community lost a significant number of men varying in age from just 17 to 49. A new roll of honour for Queen Street has been compiled by local researchers Steve Lewis and David Drinkwater. To learn more about the impact WW1 had on…
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Battle of Flowers…
In August 1916 a ‘Battle of Flowers‘ was held to raise money for British Prisoners of War. August 2018 – The planters and borders around the War Memorial have been replanted with a striking red colour scheme. You can also see an installation featuring letter press posters created by the Holst Birthplace Museum bearing the names…
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Wreath laid at the Menin Gate
A wreath was laid on behalf of Cheltenham Borough Council at the Menin Gate, in Leper, Belgium, by Adders Tongue Explorer Scout Unit, based in Up Hatherley. The wreath was funded and presented to them by the mayor. Photo provided by Tim Alibone.
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Wooden battlefield crosses to be saved
Today, Cheltenham Civic Society has received a National Lottery grant of £9800 for a First World War memorials project in Cheltenham. Awarded through the Heritage Lottery Fund’s First World War then and now programme, the project will focus on conserving 23 wooden battlefield crosses currently located in Bouncers Lane Cemetery.
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Life in Prestbury during WW1
Click here to view the slideshow exhibited at this year’s Prestbury Village WW1 Fete. Learn more about how the village was affected by the war both on the ‘front lines’ and the home front. (Unfortunately we don’t have permission to add the soundtrack and animations to the internet, but there will be another opportunity to…
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WW1 Letterpress Workshop
This week local residents and school pupils took part in letterpress workshops at the Univeristy of Gloucestershire, led by Andy Kinnear. Letterpress posters based on headlines found in ‘The Balkan News’ were created as part of the Holst Birthplace Museum’s WW1 programme. The posters will be on display in North Place car park from Wednesday…
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Opening of Holst WW1 exhibition
A new WW1 exhibition at the Holst Birthplace Museum was opened by the Mayor of Cheltenham on Friday. The exhibition focuses on the time composer Gustav Holst spent travelling around Salonika and Constantinople with the Y.M.C.A. teaching music to soldiers in Greece and Turkey. You can see original letters and diary entries written by Holst, …
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Cheltenham War Memorial
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” – Robert Laurence Binyon, 1914 11th November 1918 is a date that has gone down in history; marking the cessation of fighting and…
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Gustav Holst’s WW1: With the Salonika Forces
An exhibition at the Holst Birthplace Museum exploring how Holst taught music to soldiers in Salonika and Constantinople during WW1. Exhibition 10th July – 15th December 2018.
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War Memorial Restoration Process
St Peter’s War Memorial was recently featured in new online video created by Historic England to give advice to professionals about the conservation and repair of war memorials. St Peter’s War Memorial was rededicated on Sunday 17th June following this work. For more information please see the press release and images from the ceremony.