Project Description
This community history project started out by researching the stories of one hundred and eighty two names on the First World War memorial located in St Mary's Church, Summerstown (Tooting, London), alongside the impact of the conflict on the local area. Our promotional project activities included guided walks, talks, exhibitions and collaboration with partner organisations. We then received Heritage Lottery funding between 2016-17, working in partnership with the charity 'Big Up Films'. Over its entire duration, the project involved hundreds of local people, won three consecutive Wandsworth Borough Council 'Civic Awards' and featured high profile events such as putting up a plaque to Sidney Lewis, the youngest British soldier during the conflict.
Event
Date
2013-11-11, 2018-11-11
Venue
Summerstown; Earlsfield; Tooting
Location
SW17, SW18
Focus and Research
Resources used for research
Ancestry UK; The National Archives; Imperial War Museum; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; 'Far From The Western Front' Project; 'In From the Cold' Project and website; London Metropolitan Archives; National Army Museum; Migration Museum; Wandsworth Heritage Service; Merton Heritage Service; local library services in Wandsworth, Lambeth and Merton; collaboration with local history groups and societies; personal testimonies from volunteers, collaborators or people who contacted the project (some of whom were relatives of the 182 commemorated individuals); existing published material.