Opening Reception: The Individual Remains - Untold Stories of the First World War

The Individual Remains - Untold Stories of the First World War is a new exhibition organised in honour of the Centenary of WW1. You are warmly invited to attend the opening reception of this show, which will be officially opened by author, historian and founder of the Liddle Collection at the University of Leeds Special Collections, Mr Peter H. Liddle.

The industrialized nature of the First World War is often defined by the scale of human casualty and loss. This quantification, although significant, only serves to present each soldier as one of many, void of personality and distinct experiences. Using the Liddle collection, held at The University of Leeds, this exhibition brings to light individual soldier’s voices and wishes to re-approach the narrative of the First World War; through reclaimed and re-purposed objects, personal diaries and pictures. Through these we see the embodied authorship within the objects displayed as a direct response to the conditions of war and the legacies that remain.

This is a free event, open to all. For more information visit the Gallery website or contact the Gallery directly by telephone: 0113 3432778 or email: gallery@leeds.ac.uk

Photograph by Lieutenant Robert. C. Perry, from Perry, Book of Signs and Wonders: Photographs of the Western Front, date unknown. With kind permission of the University of Leeds Special Collections