Website marks outbreak of Great War – see what events are coming up near you

WAR HEROES Men of the West Yorkshire Regiment sitting in a captured German pill box during the Battle of Passchendaele.

Kirklees Council has designed the page to provide residents with information about centenary activities in the area.

The webpage www.kirklees.gov.uk/lestweforget details upcoming events and activities across Kirklees, along with information about exhibitions and talks at museums and libraries.

There is also information about the war memorials across the district and links to resources for those interested in researching WWI or their own family history.

Community education manager Joanne Catlow said: “There are a wide variety of commemoration projects and activities being planned by groups and individuals across the many towns and villages in Kirklees.

“The webpage has been created to allow groups to promote their projects and also to provide the public with a wide range of information and resources. We expect to be continually adding items to the webpage throughout the anniversary period 2014-2018.”

Contact Joanne Catlow via 01484 221000 or email [email protected] for more information.

Kirklees’ new website has a list of upcoming events surrounding the anniversary of the outbreak of WWI, including:

Until September 30 – Centenary of the Great War 1914-1918 exhibition, Cleckheaton Library and Information Centre.

Until October 31 – Heckmondwike in the Great War 1914-1919 exhibition, Heckmondwike Library and Information Centre.

August 16 – 1914 Style Tea Dance, Red House Museum, Cleckheaton.

August 16-September 30 – Gomersal and the Great War exhibition, Red House Museum in Cleckheaton.

September 20 – Massed Choirs in Commemoration of Heroes, Huddersfield Town Hall.