AN exhibition that will run until Armistice Day, November 11, has opened at Goole Museum entitled: Lest we Forget, Remembering Goole’s First World War Servicemen and Women.
It is created by members of The Goole First World War Research Group, made up of local people interested in the Great War.
You can meet members on Saturdays at the museum.
The exhibition reveals individual stories of service and sacrifice and shows how Goole’s service men and women were remembered.
The exhibition showcases just a small amount of the information accumulated by the research group. They have a database of over 7000 entries, including the lists of men and women named on many of the memorials in this exhibition, alongside an extensive photograph and document collection.
The group are always looking to share the information they have collected and can be contacted on goole.ww1@gmail.com
Debbie Hardy, Goole Museum curator, said : “The group has produced a very interesting exhibition about a subject many of us know very little about. It is fascinating to discover the contributions of heroism and sacrifice this small town made.
“Every Saturday throughout the exhibition, members of the group will be available at the museum for anyone to come along and ask questions, or hopefully provide more information to help the group with their ongoing research.”
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