Devon, UK: Barnstaple and Ilfracombe
Soldiers from rural North Devon left for Gallipoli in September 1915. Many of them died during the two months they spent on the peninsula. North Devon Museum joined up with the arts group DAISI to work with six local secondary schools on a range of projects inspired by the stories of men who signed up to Kitchener’s ‘New Armies’ and went out to Gallipoli. A lot of research was carried out using soldiers’ diaries and letters – collated here. We also took a party of students from West Buckland School to Gallipoli in October 2015. They visited the battlefields where the Devon men fought and gave eulogies at the graves of those who never came home. The evaluation report on the North Devon projects is here.
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GCSE students from The Park School and West Buckland School worked with artist Jane Churchill to create imaginative pieces showing the contrast between the reality of war and dreams of home. The students at Park Community School had just three days to find out about the First World War, research Gallipoli, design their artworks and make them...
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Working with a group of home-educated pupils from North Devon, artist Jo Bushell and film-maker Jess Pearson of Shimnix Productions used projection techniques to create this superb and moving piece. It’s based on a poem written by Grace Eveleigh, which we have included in our poetry section. The film is now on show in North Devon Museum’s new F...
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Schools all over North Devon worked with Multi Story Theatre Company on Gallipoli projects, and we’re delighted to present these here. They follow the stories of the local men who went to Gallipoli and the families they left at home, and were entirely based on the soldiers’ letters and diaries. The ten short films show the productions in develop...
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Seven students from West Buckland School near Barnstaple went out to Gallipoli in October 2015. There’s a blog about the trip here. On their return the students made this film about the trip and the research they did beforehand. During the journey home the students and teachers were asked about their experiences. Read extracts from the intervi...