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    Walcot Square / Kennington Park bomb incident, September 1940

    J.McArthur, 30 October 2014
    11.30pm HE bomb exploded Walcot Square. Serious damage to property. Known casualties. 1 killed." Civil Defence incident report from Post 9, 195 Kennington Road, 17 September 1940 Take a stroll around the side of IWM London and onto the Kennington Road.
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    The papers of Brigadier J M Calvert DSO ("Mad Mike")

    S.Robbins, 9 October 2014
    It is difficult enough to justify your action to higher authority and it is made no easier when you fail to obey orders issued for the comfort of your troops and in addition fail to ack[nowledge] or reply to my messages.
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    The Department of Sound Records at the Imperial War Museum, London, in the 1970s

    Collaborative Doctoral Award student, Rebecca Coll, writes about the IWM's historic commitment to progressive methods of research and collecting.
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    Queuing for Popular Exhibitions at the Imperial War Museum

    R.Coll, 10 September 2014
    When IWM London’s First World War Galleries re-opened on 19th July 2014, the queues extended past the big naval guns and out of the gates to the north of the building. On the first day, over 8,000 people came to visit the museum and 60,134 people had come to visit within the first week.
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    Discovering the Experiences of Indian Soldiers in the First World War using the Indian Soldiers' Fund reports

    Parveen Sodhi, 20 August 2014
    IWM's Parveen Sodhi investigates the reports of the Indian Soldiers' Fund to find a new point of access for the history of Indian troops during the First World War.
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    Recent News from the Research Team

    Suzanne Bardgett, 17 August 2014
    A triumphant flinging of mortar boards as the 2014 graduates of the University of East Anglia’s School of World Art Studies and Museology received their degrees recently.
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    Guest Post: Black Poppies – Britain’s Black Community and the Great War

    Stephen Bourne, 11 August 2014
    To mark the publication of his new book, 'Black Poppies', Stephen Bourne reflects on researching Britain's black community and the First World War.
  • The images shared during the War, Citizenship and Public Memory Workshop.
    Image courtesy of Autograph.
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    The Challenges of Remembering: Researching Empire and War

    A.Maguire, 4 August 2014
    To mark the publication of IWM's guide to Researching the British Empire in the First World War, Anna Maguire reflects on the challenges of remembering war and empire.
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    IWM First World War Exhibitions – Then and Now

    Dr James Wallis, 23 July 2014
    The description ‘permanent exhibitions’ is perhaps misleading for our main displays, since it is not the exhibitions which we regard as permanent but rather their themes and content
  • Blog: Second World War

    Uncovering Budapest's Hospital in the Rock

    E.Peirson, 11 July 2014
    Research Manager at IWM London, Emily Peirson-Webber, describes the history of Budapest's Hospital in the Rock after a recent trip to the Hugarian capital.
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    Guest Post: Tracing the Leningrad Siege

    Dr YvonnePörzgen, 3 July 2014
    Visiting researcher, Dr YvonnePörzgen, writes about uncovering stories ofthe Siege of Leningrad in IWM's collections.
  • Blog: First World War

    Play Up! Play Up! And Play The Game! Football and the First World War

    A.Maguire, 23 June 2014
    During this World Cup year, it is worth reflecting on the role of football and sport in general during the First World War. Local football teams volunteered as pals’ battalions, most famously the 17th Service Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, also known as the Football Battalion.

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