In November 2018, Global War Graves Leicester and the other Century of Stories funded projects officially came to a close. For Global War Graves, there were two final products: a presentation given at the Century of Stories community conference, and a new self-guided trail leaflet for Welford Road Cemetery visitors.
Enshia Li (Global War Graves research assistant intern) flew to the UK to co-present with Hanna at the conference. Above is the banner featuring our project at the conference; it was a delight to learn more about the other six projects and meet so many interested members of the Leicester community.
The day after the conference, we attended the Remembrance Service at Welford Road Cemetery, where our new "Global First World War Graves" self-guided trail leaflet also debuted:
The leaflet features the graves or commemoration sites in Welford Road of 21 different First World War dead who had international connections in some way (full list above). Six were also chosen (below) for more detailed features on the fold-out map:
This marks the end of the Global War Graves project; Enshia continues with her undergraduate degree at Stanford, and Hanna is soon to submit her PhD in History at Oxford. For further information or queries relating to this project, please contact Hanna on twitter: @hannamsmyth.
