Entitlement and the shaping of First World War commemorative histories

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Maggie Andrews is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester. Her research and publications focus upon social and cultural history of Britain in the twentieth century and how that history is portrayed in popular culture. They include The Home Front: Images, Myths and Forgotten Experiences, (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) and The Acceptable Face of Feminism: The Women’s Institute Movement 1915–1960 (Lawrence & Wishart, 2015). She is the Historical Consultant to Radio 4’s drama series Home Front and a Co-I on the AHRC funded Voices of War and Peace; WWI Engagement Centre http://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org.

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1 There continues to be debate about the number of casualties from the conflict, some estimates are of 20 million civilian and military deaths see http://www.centre-robert-schuman.org/userfiles/files/REPERES%20–%20module%201-1-1%20-%20explanatory%20notes%20–%20World%20War%20I%20casualties%20–%20EN.pdf

2 http://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/

3 See http://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/voices-projects/

4 http://www.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/files/press-release/First%20World%20War%20Galleries%20at%20IWM%20London_0.pdf

5 https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/782041/pension-warning-retirement-savings-britain-money-crisis

6 See the classic Women of “Britain Say Go” poster at http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/14592

7 Professor Sarah Lloyd, Principal Investigator of the Everyday Lives in War, World War One Engagement Centre panel discussion at the Social History Conference at University of Lancaster, March 2016.

8 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52dfa66fe4b065c6bc9063bc/t/5775a727c534a529b307dbd7/1467328297020/2013-10-22--Sikh±soldiers±and±the±First±World±War±–±a±history±to±be±told±_±Heritage±Lottery±Fund.pdf