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  • Worcestershire War Memorial Bike Rides - Day 4

    Day 4, 7 May is the Remember the Fallen Route and the longest for David Waite at 110 miles! Read about the route here and find out about two casualties remembered on the memorials along the way.

  • Worcestershire War Memorial Bike Rides - Day 3

    Day 3 of David Waite's Worcestershire War Memorial Bike Rides started in Worcester at the Cathedral and ended over 60 miles later in Hanley Castle. Read more about the route and discoveries David made along the way.

  • Day 2 of the Worcestershire War Memorial Bike Rides sees David Waite take The Tommy Atkins Route, a ride of 78 miles. Read about the casualties commemorated on the memorials on this route.

  • Worcestershire War Memorial Bike Rides - Day 1

    David Waite begins his War Memorial Bike Ride with a steady 51.9 miles ride. Read more about the route he took and the stories of two of the casualties commemorated on the Memorials he visited.

  • Worcestershire War Memorial Bike Rides

    Local Worcestershire man David Waite is commemorating the centenary of the Armistice (effectively the end of World War One) with a bike ride taking in most free-standing War Memorials across the County.

  • ANZAC day

    25th April 2018

    At dawn today, services were held across the globe to commemorate ANZAC Day in memory of the Australian and New Zealand troops who gave their lives to help win the First World War.

  • Edith Cavell and the Unknown Warrior train carriage

    Climb aboard the Cavell Van on the Severn Valley Railway on 14 June for a unique opportunity to see the carriage that brought Edith Cavell and later the Unknown Warrior back after the First World War.

  • Adrian Gregson makes a personal journey of remembrance to the Western Front

    Worcestershire World War One Hundred Project Director Adrian Gregson has made a personal journey of remembrance to the Western Front read more here.

  • People's Collection - Bromsgrove

    In May the People's Collection will be coming to Bromsgrove. We would like to borrow objects from WW1 that would help us tell the story of WW1 in your area.

  • Vesta Tilley heritage trail now available to download

    Follow in the footsteps of "Britain's best recruiting sergeant", tracing the early life of Worcester's very own musical hall sweetheart Vesta Tilley.

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