Remembrance

Between 19 November 2008 and 19 November 2008, in Truro

This year is the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, which heralded the end of the First World War. To coincide with this the BBC is launching a campaign 1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance.

The new campaign aims to record people's experiences of the First World War both at home and abroad. A special event is being held on Saturday 8 November 2008 at the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Museum in Bodmin.

Agents 4 Change also wants to hear from you about first hand accounts of life during the First World War or the experiences of your relatives or friends who lived through the conflict.

The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry played a prominent role in the First World War - with troops fighting on the Western Front, which covered France and Flanders. They were involved in the infamously bloody Battle of the Somme in France and the Battle of Passchendaele near the town of Ypres in Belgium.

Soldiers also fought in battles in Italy, Serbia, Salonika, the Gaza strip and Palestine.

It was not only the men who went away. Many women joined the British Red Cross Society and were sent to the hospitals on the front.

Volunteers spent the weeks leading up to Remembrance distributing posters and leaflets around bodmin and other parts of Cornwall to get people to come along and share their memories.

Over 400 people turned up to show their support due to our encouragement of youngsters the message had a knock on effect and whole families turned up on the day some of them with four generations.

Posted on 19 November 2008 10:29:04 by Zak Stanley

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