{"id":382,"date":"2018-09-26T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2019-03-11T12:44:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T12:44:38","slug":"somerset-remembers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/explore\/somerset-remembers\/","title":{"rendered":"Somerset Remembers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2018 we marked the centenary of the First World War Armistice.<\/p>\n<p>At The Museum of Somerset we held an exhibition that was produced in partnership with students from West Somerset Community College. It ran from 10 November 2018 to 2 March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more below about the impact of the First World War, and the Armistice, on Somerset people.<\/p>\n<h2>Remembering<\/h2>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Somerset's Soldiers<\/h4><p>Thousands of men left the county to fight on battlefields across the world<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Outbreak-of-War-Recruits-at-Yeovil-Railway-Station-departing-for-war-August-1914.-Men-from-arrived-in-Taunton-by-train-to-enlist-at-the-barracks-for-web-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/explore\/somerset-remembers\/remembering-somerset-soldiers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Harry Patch - The Last Tommy<\/h4><p>Harry Patch was the last surviving soldier of the First World War. Harry was born and lived in Somerset.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Portrait-of-Harry-Patch-e1537953905969-459x800.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Harry Patch\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/explore\/somerset-remembers\/harry-patch-the-last-tommy\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Armistice Day<\/h2>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Personal Diaries<\/h4><p>Read first-hand accounts of Armistice Day recorded in the diaries of soldiers<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Arthur-Cook-sml-jpeg-488x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/news\/the-armistice-as-recorded-in-personal-diaries\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Somerset Battalions<\/h4><p>Were were they when the Armistice was declared?<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/museum-of-somerset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/6-800x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/news\/after-the-armistice-the-somerset-battalions\/\">Read More <\/a><\/div>\n<h2>First World War Centenary<\/h2>\n<p>The South West Heritage Trust is part of the\u00a0First World War Centenary Partnership led by the Imperial War Museum. The Partnership is a network of organisations from across the world which have joined together to remember the war and help people to discover its significance. Visit the website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.1914.org\/\">1914.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2018 we marked the centenary of the First World War Armistice. At The Museum of Somerset we held an exhibition that was produced in partnership with students from West Somerset Community College. It ran from 10 November 2018 to 2 March 2019. 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