War Widows Quilt

This Remembrance Weekend, come and admire the War Widows Quilt and discover the work that went into creating this moving piece of collaborative art.
War Widows Quilt
This Remembrance Weekend, come and admire the War Widows Quilt and discover the work that went into creating this moving piece of collaborative art.

The War Widows Quilt is a beautiful and moving piece of art that relays the realities of war widowhood in Britain, past and present.
 
It was made by over 90 war widows and their families from second-hand armed forces shirts. Its squares tell moving stories of love, loss and grief that connect women across generations.

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War Widows Association

Today, the UK government makes financial provision for the spouses and partners of soldiers who have died in the line of duty. But this has not always been the case, and there have been a number of changes along the way.

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Honouring the fallen

After the First World War, British society had to come to terms with the loss of huge numbers of its service personnel. Across the country, people found ways to commemorate the fallen at a local and national level.