A Pop-Up version of an exhibition on the First World War is on tour around all libraries in the East Riding. “Cavalry, camels and Camaraderie”, looks at the East Riding Yeomanry’s role in the Egypt/Palestine campaigns in 1915-1918.
Beverley Town Council has received £5,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project, Street Shrines of Beverley, in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Volunteers are needed for a major project which will tell the previously untold personal stories of local people involved in the First World War.
Saturday 12th July sees the launch of “Cavalry, Camels & Camaraderie” at the Beverley Treasure House in Beverley, an exhibition that explores the East Riding Yeomanry
A poignant object is featured in Beverley’s First World War exhibition, “Keeping the Home Fires Burning: how the First World War was felt in Beverley”, which is currently on display in one of the newly renovated exhibition rooms in the Beverley Guildhall.
The Beverley Community Museum is taking part in the East Riding’s First World War centenary commemorations with an exhibition that looks at the impact of the war in Beverley.
A talk will take place at the Beverley Treasure House on Thursday, 5 June looking at the contrasting types of two Yorkshire War memorials from the First World War. The talk will be delivered by Dorothy Nott and start at 6.30pm.
The existing popular exhibition “My Beverley,” which is in the Community Museum rooms at Beverley Guildhall, is being extended until 2 May.
It has been announced that Beverley Art Gallery will receive investment as part of next year’s £117 million capital investment programme.
SSAFA East Yorkshire received £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, to commemorate the Centenary of The First World War; this will take place in Beverley’s historic Saturday Market Place combined with Armed Forces Day.
SSAFA East Yorkshire will once again be hosting an Armed Forces Day in Beverley as the town continues to show their ongoing support for the armed forces.
With First World War, commemorative events taking place around the UK, and also the National Theatre production of War Horse being beamed to cinemas all over the world, Beverley Folk Festival has announced a performance that brings the audience right into the heart of the story.
Our grandfather Private John Denson Baron, was part of Kitchener’s ‘New Army’ a member of the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Sportsman’s, 3rd Hull Pals).1 He died in France on 3rd May 1917.
Popular and intriguing exhibition ‘Send Three and Fourpence’, a visual communication between eight Yorkshire artists, will remain on show at Beverley Art Gallery until Saturday, 14 December.