In this section you will find approved content from We Were There Too for media usage: Articles of differing lengths, First World War images, Galleries of recent events and press coverage. Please scroll down to browse through the materials.
As part of this project we have recorded our progress; the process of its development, the people involved and the overall interactions and responses to this digital archive. Please click to read more about our findings or download the 2016-2018 copy here or you can download the 2018-2021 copy here or download the 2021-2023 copy here.
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Episode 2 - Grimsby Jews in the First World War Download transcript
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Heritage Lottery Fund project brings previously unseen archive into public view. A unique insight into the First World War through the eyes of London’s Jewish Children, February 2017
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Launch of British We Were There Too project in the Manchester and Liverpool
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Launch of We Were There Too project and Commemoration of British Jewish men and women who served their country in the First World War. Bevis Marks Synagogue, 30th June 2016
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Does your family have a First World War story to tell? – 100 words
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Does your family have a First World War story to tell? – 200 words
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Does your family have a First World War story to tell? – 400 words
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Does your family have a First World War story to tell? – 550 words
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24/02/2017 Revealed: The First World War through children's eyes
09/07/2016 Jews and war effort by Alan Fell
01/09/2022 100 years ago a book of the 50,000 UK Jews who fought in the WWI was presented to the King Download article
30/03/2018 French lessons benefit WWI research project.
02/05/2017 Forces members join poignant visit to WWI battlegrounds for digital archive project Download article
10/02/2017 Revealed: London Jewish children's experience of the Great War Download article
04/11/2016 Roadshow needs your stories
08/07/2016 Somme victims remembered Download article
23/06/2016 Digital archive will showcase forgotten heroes Download article
18/01/2016 Lottery pays our £408K for archive of war effort Download article
09/07/2015 Lottery backs cultural centre´s plan to record WW1 contributors Download aritcle
14/02/2017 A unique insight into the First World War thr ough the eyes of London’s Jewish children Download article
04/07/2016 The London Jewish Culture Centre launches We Were There Too. Download article
13/01/2016 London Jewish Cultural Centre secures National Lottery grant Download article
03/08/2017 Passchendaele and the Jews who fell Download article
01/07/2016 Community marks Somme centenary at Bevis Marks Download article
13/01/2016 Community "racing against time" to collect WW1 Jewish tales after funds awarded Download article
February 2022 Jews WW1 memorial database launched
July 2019 Your Projects: We Were There Too
Summer 2016 Website saves WW1 Jewish stories
07/07/2016 Genealogy news round-up: Jewish First World War website launches Download article
02/02/2016 WW1 Jewish stories to be saved online Download article
09/07/2015 Jewish community´s First World War stories shared at Barkingside shcool. Download article
06/07/2016 Hundreds gather to honour the thousands of Jews who served in the First World War
01/07/2016 We will remember them: Somme commemoration at Bevis Marks
08/08/2017 Passchendaele and the Jews who fell Download article
03/03/2017 WWI archive shows children’s view of wartime London Download article
09/07/2016 UK lottery money funds digital memorial to British Jewry´s WWI fallen Download article
12/07/2016 WWI sacrifices of British Jews honoured
Summer 2016 Remembering the Somme
31/10/2016 Online database project to compile London's Jewish history will be demonstrated at New North London Synagogue, Finchley Download article
16/02/2017 War as seen through the eyes of children
31/10/2016 Charity calls for records of Jewish WWI servicemen before they are lost Download article
Spring 2019 Remembering the Jewish Contribution to the Great War (Manchester Launch)
London Jews in the First World War by Paula Kitching
July/August 2022 New Podcast Series Launched
May/June 2022 History Project: We Were There Too has launched a new collection with help from Hull History Centre
March/April 2022 Across the Board
Nov/Dec 2021 We Were There Too takes its digital archive of Jewish First World War contributions across the north
July/August 2021 Living Memory: WWTT continues to expand its Jewish wartime contribution preservation efforts across the north
Jan/Feb 2020 Jewish School Children Remember
Jan/Feb 2019 Never Forgotten: 100 Years on, We Were There Too remembers the sacrifices British Jews made in the First World War
May/June 2019 Your Community Needs You
Dec/Jan 2021 New Memorial Board Register
December 2018 100 Years on: Remembering the Jewish Contribution to the Great War
06/10/2023 BWJPS Pupils learn of remembrance importance
06/01/2023 Research Jewish war heroes
18/11/2022 Rodney to give a war talk
18/11/2022 In Memory: Project visits King David Primary School
10/06/2022 War project launches podcast
04/02/2022 War names recorded
15/11/2021 Project recording tales of British Jews in the First World War expands
05/11/2021 Project returns to Liverpool to highlight Jewish efforts in war
June 2021 World War One Jews project will expand to the north-east
13/11/2020 Pupils to Learn of Great War
Reunite rifle with Maurice's family
06/11/2020 Gibraltar War Heroes Join Archive
28/02/2020 Exhibition is a Tribute to Jewish War Contribution
24/01/2020 Grandfather's Name Has a Ring to it for Proud Family
22/11/2019 Six Share Their War Memories
08/11/2019 Pupils Learn of High Price Jews Paid in Wartime
12/09/2019 We Were There Too in Liverpool
19/07/2019 Online War Project Dispels Jewish Myth
05/04/2019 Unearthed - Jewish Stories of the Great War
08/03/2019 'Jews in War' Lesson
08/03/2019 Luncheon Guests Hear of Jews in First World War
08/02/2019 King David Primary School
08/02/2019 War Heroes Became Part of UK History
30/11/2018 Website Marks the Jewish Contribution in Great War
Leeds Jewish Telegraph
01/07/2022 War project arrives in Leeds
10/06/2022 Leeds Launch of Project to Remember War Heroes
15/04/2022 Jewish experience during World War I
18/03/2022 War project visits Leeds
16/06/202 War Stories
18/11/2022 Project pays tribute to Jewish war heroes
June 2021 We Were There Too project continues to thrive
12/11/2020 New Educational Platform for Jewish Service during WW1
18/07/2019 We Were There Too North West Success
06/12/2018 Jewish Contribution to the Great War Remembered
06/11/2020 Hunt is on for descendants of Fusilier who died at The Somme
20/05/2020 The borough's nursing and midwife heroines of the First World War Download article
23/02/2020 Jewish history We Were There Too exhibition coming to Fusilier Museum Download article
29/08/2019 Unsung Jewish Heroes Being Remembered Download Article
29/12/2018 We Were There Too project to immortalise contribution of region's Jewish community in WW1
April 2019 A Database of Jewish First World War Soldiers
Pesach 2019 Did Any of Your Family Play a Part in the First World War?
April 2019 Does Your Family Have a First World War Story to Tell?
September 2019 British Jews in the First World War - Exhibition in Synagogue Foyer
October 2021 Emmanuel Ribeiro - Conscientious Objector
05/11/2020 British Jews and WW1 Remembrance
02/06/2019 Jews on the Sea Front
20/09/2019 Roadshow will record the lives of Jewish families during First World War
23/03/2020 Guest blog - British Jews in the First World War – We Were There Too
09/11/2020 JAMS VIDEO PRESENTS…British Jews in the First World War: We Were There Too
10/11/2020 New educational platform to learn about Jewish service during WWI
04/11/2020 Gibraltan Jewish soldiers recorded digitally
30/11/2020 Gibraltarian Jewish Soldiers of WWI recorded on digital record
03/12/2020 Gibraltarian Jewish Soldiers of WWI recorded on digital record
Spring 2021 A Request for Help - researching Jewish airmen Download article
March 2021 A look back on the amazing contribution brave Jewish men and women in Great War Download article
29/10/2021 Liverpool’s Jewish community in the First World War
12/11/2021 British Jews in the First World War - We Were There Too
28/06/2022 WWTT in speech by Fabian Hamilton MP
November 2022 Centenary of the British Jewry Book of Honour
Sept 2022 The First World War Jews who fought for King and Country
November 2022 Newsletter
10/03/2023 New exhibition on First World War British Jews arrives at Hull History Centre
17/03/2023 Jewish contribution to war effort remembered
10/03/2023 'We Were There Too': New exhibition on Hull's Jewish community during First World War
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