Could you display posters with moving stories from First World War?

A PROJECT commemorating stories from World War One in Kirklees wants to display posters featuring the tales in more places.

Huddersfield Bus Station and Dewsbury Railway Station are just two venues that have displayed special exhibitions of family history posters that celebrate the real life stories of local people between 1914-18.

But now organisers want to expand the project and feature the posters in more buildings. People who have room have been urged to come forward.

The stories have been gathered from local people and been turned into 20 different posters that will be on display for commuters to read.

After the war, many families never spoke about what happened to them. Choosing to put it behind them and carry on, in a typical British way.

However, those taking part in this project have discovered that their ancestors all had special stories to tell.

Stories submitted by North Kirklees residents include Military Medal winner Albert Peel, who never talked about the war or his impressive contribution to the war effort.

There is also the story of Victor Hadley, who was a member of the small professional British army that did so much damage to the German Army at the start of the conflict that Kaiser Wilhelm called them ‘That contemptible little army.’

The council is also looking for other places to display posters and share stories. Anyone who has a space to display a poster should contact Isobel Holland on isobel.holland@kirklees. gov.uk<mailto:isobel.holland@kirklees. gov.uk Community historian Isobel Holland (right) with siblings Doreen Preston and Evison Mahoney, whose ancestor Henrietta Mellet was the last serving nurse killed by enemy action in WW1 and is the subject of a poster, at Huddersfield Bus Station – also pictured are station managers Helen Schofield and Andrew Goring