What is the Lest We Forget project?

Launched in October 2017 following the success of an enormously popular crowdfunding campaign, Lest We Forget was an Oxford University-led project that aimed to capture the memories and stories of the First World War before they were lost to history.

This archive contains stories and items collected at volunteer-led Digital Collection Days, 38 of which were held across the United Kingdom over the course of the project. It also contains items directly uploaded by members of the public.

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Can I add stories and items to the archive?

Unfortunately, no more events are planned and our online archive is no longer accepting submissions.

Can I use the material in the archive? 

The material in the archive has been shared by people from across the country under a Creative Commons licence: CC BY-NC. You may reuse the content for non-commercial purposes as long as you credit the copyright owner. You may want to use the following text: "This material is made available by the Lest We Forget project (http://lwf.it.ox.ac.uk) under a CC BY-NC licence @ [contributor name]."