Events 2017-18

War Memorials Trust presents details of 2017-18 events.

WMT AGM: 13th November 2017

War Memorials Trust’s AGM will be held on Monday 13th November 2017. The meeting will begin at 2.30pm and will take place at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London. The church, also known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is located on Holborn Viaduct, almost opposite the Old Bailey. Alongside being the Musicians’ church and containing the ‘Execution Bell’ formerly rung at executions at the nearby Newgate gallows (leading to it being referenced in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons as the “bells of Old Bailey”) St Sepulchre’s has strong military links. The gardens are a memorial for the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) whilst the south aisle is the Regimental Chapel with a number of war memorials sited around both the interior and exterior of the building.

The AGM provides a valuable opportunity to hear reports from the Trust’s Chairman and Treasurer as well as meet Trustees and staff. Full details will be sent to members with the August Bulletin. If you are planning to attend the AGM we would be very grateful if you could RSVP using the reply slip or email info@warmemorials.org. There is no need to advise us if you are unable to join us.

After the AGM Professor Gavin Stamp will give an illustrated talk on war memorials. As well as being a War Memorials Trust Trustee Professor Stamp is an architectural historian and writer. He has a particular interest in war memorials and organised the Silent Cities exhibition about the memorial and cemetery architecture of World War I held at RIBA in 1977 and in 2006 he published a study of The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. He has published books about the architecture of Sir Edwin Luytens, the Gilbert Scott Dynasty and on Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson. Educated at Dulwich College and the University of Cambridge, he taught for a time at the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow and is an honorary professor at the University of Glasgow. He is a former Chairman of the Twentieth Century Society and has also presented television documentaries including a series about the Orient Express in 2007. After the talk tea and coffee will be served in the church and there will be an opportunity to talk to Trustees and staff informally.

Main events calendar

• 29th March 2018: Civic Voice Engaging Young People in Heritage workshop
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey delivering a workshop on Engaging Young People in Heritage run by Civic Voice in Bristol.
• 21st March 2018: Civic Voice Engaging Young People in Heritage workshop
  WMT Director Frances Moreton and Learning Officer Carlie Silvey attending the Engaging Young People in Heritage workshop run by Civic Voice in London.
• 19th March 2018: Civic Voice Sharing the Success of the FWWMP workshop
  WMT Director Frances Moreton, Charity Officer Sarah Taverner and Assistant Conservation Officer Katharine Worley attending the Sharing the Success of the First World War Memorials Programme workshop in Coventry, Warwickshire.
• 14th March 2018: Heritage Schools North West CPD day
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey attending the Heritage Schools North West CPD event in Blackpool, Lancashire.
• 6th March 2018: Civic Voice Engaging Young People in Heritage workshop 
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey delivering a workshop on Engaging Young People in Heritage run by Civic Voice in Canterbury, Kent.
• 21st February 2018: Civic Voice Engaging Young People in Heritage workshop
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey delivering a workshop on Engaging Young People in Heritage run by Civic Voice in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
• 7th February 2018: Civic Voice Sharing the Success of the FWWMP workshop
  WMT Project Officer (War Memorials Online) Brogan Warren and Conservation Officer Peter Lloyd attending the Sharing the Success of the First World War Memorials Programme workshop run by Civic Voice in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
• 23rd January 2018: Talk to The Stewartry U3A
  Regional Volunteer Paul Goodwin delivering a talk to the University of the Third Age in The Stewartry, Dumfries and Galloway.
• 12th December 2017: Historic England Yorkshire Sector Day
  WMT Conservation Officer Sheena Campbell attending the Historic England Yorkshire Sector Day in York, North Yorkshire.
• 11th December 2017: Talk to Abertay Rotary Club
  WMT Conservation Officer Allana Hughes delivering a talk to the Abertay Rotary Club in Dundee.
• 29th November 2017: Talk to WFA East Lancashire Branch 
  Regional Volunteer Mike Coyle delivering a talk to the Western Front Association, East Lancashire Branch in Burnley, Lancashire.
• 27th-28th November 2017: Talks to Amersham School 
  Regional Volunteer Chris Leach delivering two talks to students at Amersham School, Buckinghamshire.
• 22nd November 2017: Northern History Forum Event
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey attending the Northern History Forum Event in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
• 20th November 2017: Historic England Angel Awards
  WMT Volunteer Officer Rachel Reese attending the Historic England Angel Awards in London.
• 19th November 2017: Rededication of Bwlch war memorial 
  WMT Volunteer Officer Rachel Reese and Regional Volunteer Roger Reese representing the Trust at the rededication of Bwlch war memorial in Bwlch, Powys.
• 19th November 2017: Talk to WFA Scotland (South) Branch 
  Regional Volunteer David Parmee delivering a talk to the Western Front Association Scotland (South) Branch in Glasgow.
• 18th November 2017: Talk to WFA Birmingham Branch
  Regional Volunteer Mike Coyle delivering a talk to the Western Front Association Birmingham Branch in Birmingham, West Midlands.
• 17th November 2017: Talk to Earls Barton and District History Society
  Regional Volunteer Richard Hill delivering a talk to Earls Barton and District History Society in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire.
• 14th November 2017: London Stock Exchange Memorial rededication
  WMT Director Frances Moreton, Head of Fundraising Vikki Thompson and Conservation Officer Chris Reynolds attending the rededication of the London Stock Exchange Memorial, London.
• 13th November 2017: Talk to Carsphairn Primary School
  Regional Volunteer Paul Goodwin delivering a talk to Carsphairn Primary School, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway.
• 13th November 2017: War Memorials Trust AGM
  War Memorials Trust AGM at St Sepulchre Without Newgate Church, London, including a talk by architectural historian and War Memorials Trust Trustee Professor Gavin Stamp.
• 12th November 2017: Dumfries war memorial remembrance service
  Regional Volunteer Paul Goodwin attending the remembrance service at Dumfries war memorial, Dumfries and Galloway.
• 10th November 2017: Animals in War service 
  WMT Conservation Administrator Katharine Worley attending a remembrance service at the Animals in War memorial in London.
• 10th November 2017: Burnhope war memorial rededication 
  Regional Volunteer James Pasby representing War Memorials Trust at the rededication of Burnhope war memorial in Burnhope, County Durham.
• 9th November 2017: Fields of Remembrance
  WMT Conservation Officer Chris Reynolds and Conservation Administrator Katharine Worley attending the Fields of Remembrance service, London, as guests of the Burma Star Association.
• 9th November 2017: Flanders-Wales Hedd Wyn Centenary Commemoration 
  WMT Vice Patron for Wales, Thomas Lloyd OBE, DL, FSA, attending the Flanders-Wales Hedd Wyn Centenary Commemoration in Cardiff.
• 20th October 2017: Civic Voice Annual Convention
  WMT Volunteer Officer Rachel Reese attending the Civic Voice Annual Convention in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
• 20th October 2017: Mid Sussex RED event 
  WMT Conservation Administrator Katharine Worley attending the Mid Sussex RED event in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
• 12th October 2017: Bromley Cadets SmartWater training
  WMT Conservation Officer Chris Reynolds delivering training on SmartWater to Cadets in Bromley, Kent.
• 12th October 2017: Metropolitan Public Gardens Association AGM
  WMT Conservation Administrator Katharine Worley attending the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association's AGM in London.
• 9th October 2017: Bromley Cadets SmartWater training 
  WMT Conservation Officer Chris Reynolds delivering training on SmartWater to Cadets in Bromley, Kent.
• 2nd October 2017: Heritage Alliance Heritage Debate 
  WMT Conservation Officer Chris Reynolds and Conservation Administrator Katharine Worley attending Heritage Alliance's annual Heritage Debate in London.
• 29th September 2017: Mid Sussex RED event
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey attending the Mid Sussex RED event in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
• 26th September 2017: War Memorials Online training
  WMT staff delivering a workshop on War Memorials online in Belfast.
• 3rd September 2017: Allied Air Forces Memorial Day
  Regional Volunteer Phil Crellen representing War Memorials Trust at the 32nd Annual Allied Air Forces Memorial Day at Yorkshire Air Museum, North Yorkshire.
• 30th August 2017: War Memorials Online training 
  WMT staff delivering a workshop on War Memorials Online in Edinburgh.
• 26th August 2017: Rededication of Waterloo Monument 
  Regional Volunteer Paul Conlon attending the rededication of the Waterloo Monument in Billinge, Wigan.
• 13th August 2017: Rededication of Sandy war memorial
  Regional Volunteer Marion Downie attending the rededication of Sandy war memorial in Sandy, Bedfordshire.
• 2nd August 2017: Civic Voice War Memorials event
  WMT Volunteer Officer Rachel Reese delivering a talk at the Civic Voice War Memorials event at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewaws, Staffordshire.
• 12th July 2017: Talk to RBL Minchinhampton 
  Regional Volunteer Mike Bennett delivering a talk to the Minchinhampton branch of the Royal British Legion, Gloucestershire.
• 11th July 2017: Cobseo AGM 
  WMT Head of Fundraising Vikki Thompson attending the Cobseo AGM in London.
• 4th July 2017: War Memorials Condition Survey workshop
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey and Conservation Administrator Katharine Worley attending the Civic Voice War Memorials Condition Survey workshop in Bedford, Bedfordshire.
• 1st July 2017: Talk to WFA Tayside Branch
  Regional Volunteer Mike Coyle delivering a talk to the Western Front Association - Tayside Branch, Dundee.
• 26th June 2017: Reception at St Mary Magdalene church
  WMT Head of Fundraising Vikki Thompson and Conservation Officer Andrew McMaster attending a reception with Simon Jenkins at St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London.
• 25th June 2017: Rededication of Clifton war memorial 
  Regional Volunteer Philip Crellan attending the rededication of Clifton war memorial at Clifton Parish Church, North Yorkshire.
• 22nd-23rd June 2017: War Memorials Online training
  WMT staff delivering a series of workshops on War Memorials Online in Brecon, Wales.
• 17th June 2017: Talk to Lancashire Infantry Museum
  Regional Volunteer Mike Coyle delivering a talk on 'War Memorials: Fighting for Survival' at Lancashire Infantry Museum, Lancashire.
• 9th June 2017: Talk to Powerstock Remembering Study Day
  WMT Trustee David Seymour delivering a talk to Powerstock Remembering Study Day, Dorset.
• 26th May 2017: Gateways to the First World War
  WMT Learning Officer Carlie Silvey attending the Gateways to the First World War event, 'Not far from the front: Discovering the First World War in the South East' at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex.
• 24th May 2017: RICS Awards 2017
  WMT Conservation Officer Chris Reynolds attending the RICS Awards 2017, London.
• 16th May 2017: Buckingham Palace Garden Party 
  WMT Conservation Officer Chris Reynolds and Project Officer (War Memorials Online) Brogan Warren attending the Buckingham Palace Garden Party, London.
• 15th May 2017: WMT 20th Anniversary Reception
  War Memorials Trust marking its 20th Anniversary with a reception at the House of Lords, London.
• 25th April 2017: Talk to Hughenden Parish Council
  Regional Volunteer Chris Leach delivering a talk on Naphill war memorial at Hughenden Parish Council's annual meeting, Buckinghamshire.
• 12th April 2017: Historic England Site Tour at Bootle war memorial 
  WMT staff attending a Site Tour run by Historic England as part of the First World War Memorials Programme at Bootle war memorial, Merseyside.
• 4th April 2017: Talk to Headingley Rotary Club
  Regional Volunteer Richard Thackrah delivering a talk to Headingley Rotary Club, West Yorkshire.