Category Archives: WW1

The Perfect Centenary

If you’ve seen the Historic Havering article in this month’s Living in Havering magazine, it might interest you to know that reprints of all 3 of the Charles Perfect books mentioned about Hornchurch are available from the Havering Museum. Our Village was written … Continue reading

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Silks & Shells

On display in the Museum, until Saturday 16th December 2017, is an amazing mini-exhibition on Love and Art From the Front during World War One. Silks and Shells shows a collection of incredible trench art, made out of shell cases … Continue reading

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Object of the Month – October 2017

WW1 SPURS These spurs were worn by Archibald Thomas Bradford (right, wearing the spurs), later of Romford. He was featured in the September Object of the Month – The German Compass. He initially enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment, but … Continue reading

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Object of the Month March 2016

Edward Stephen Hudson memorial plaque Edward Stephen Hudson was born in Canning Town in 1891 but his surviving relatives lived in Havering. He enlisted in the 7th Battalion, King’s Rifle Corps, on 9th November 1914. This was one of Lord … Continue reading

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(Re) Made in Havering: All change in the galleries

We have been making some exciting changes to our permanent galleries over the past few months, which have already proved popular with our visitors. The Museum’s Made in Havering gallery, which explores the history of local brewing and manufacturing industries, … Continue reading

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Home Front Havering Exhibition Launch

  On Saturday 9 August, we launched our much-anticipated new exhibition Home Front Havering: Local Life in the First World War, commemorating 100 years since the start of the conflict. The exhibition is the focal point of a two-year WWI … Continue reading

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