Project Description
The aim of this exhibition was to provide an alternate perspective of the First World War with a focus on the Chatham Division of the Royal Navy, the support of the dockyard and the impact of the war of those involved, both at sea and at home.
Organisation
Organised by
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
Region
South East England
Location
ME4 4TZ
Event
Date
2014-07-26, 2014-11-30
Venue
No.1 Smithery, Temporary Exhibition Gallery, The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Location
ME4 4UY
Focus and Research
Resources used for research
Imperial War Museums (images and film, object loans); Medway Archives (local newspapers on loan to Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and research into the loss of the three cruisers); Fleet Air Arm Museum; National Museum of the Royal Navy (images); Royal Navy Submarine Museum (images); National Maritime Museum (object loans); The National Archives (sources for research); Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust collections (book research, objects and images).