Worcestershire World War One Hundred continues with family event.
There’s a chance to meet the organisations who have been involved in the Worcestershire World War One Hundred programme for Worcestershire Remembers on Saturday 4th August, 10am–4pm. Free for all the family, the event will feature music from the Trench Choir, WWI craft activities in the Worcestershire World War One Hundred Bell Tent as well as readings from WWI letters.
Led by the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, the Worcestershire World War One Hundred programme received one of the largest Heritage Lottery Fund Grants outside of London, and over the last four years has been commemorating the role Worcestershire played in World War One, telling the stories of Worcestershire people, their 
Younger visitors can join in with poppy printing and making activities, for all expect displays from the home front exploring food production and the role of women in World War One to an online record of Worcestershire memorials currently featuring over 23,000 names, as well as objects and research telling stories of the men who fought from across the county.
In addition to the Trench Choir the day will also include poetry, readings and performances from concert hall recruiter Vesta Tilley or rather re-enactor Claire Warboys.
During the day visitors will also be able to watch the recently re-mastered The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks (1917), a little-known masterpiece of British non-fiction cinema which documents the autumn and winter stages of the Somme campaign on the Western Front. The film is accompanied by a specially commissioned score by Laura Rossi.
Adrian Gregson, Worcestershire World War One Hundred Project Manager said: “As we enter the final one hundred days of World War One we want to look back over the last four years and remind ourselves of the work organisations across the County have undertaken to remember the impact the Great War had on the people of Worcestershire. It’s also an opportunity for us to look ahead to Armistice and consider what this moment in history meant for our county.”
Sir Peter Luff, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund, and whose father served with the Worcestershire Yeomanry at the end of the War, added: “The Worcestershire World War One Hundred programme has been a significant part of our national commemoration programme. It is both inspiring and poignant to take the time to reflect on the stories of the people caught up in the War – stories of people at home, at the Western Front and elsewhere that have been uncovered and remembered through the projects and activities that made up the programme over the last four years.”
Worcestershire Remembers starts at 10am with the Trench Choir performing for approximately 30mins from 10.30am before the event is formally opened by Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund Sir Peter Luff. The Trench Choir will return to perform at 12noon, expect classics such as Tipperary, Pack up Your Troubles and Keep the Home Fires burning.
For the full schedule of events visit www.ww1worcestershire.co.uk