• 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London
  • 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London

War Widows Quilt

Display

Date

10 - 12 November 2023

Audience

Adults

Location

National Army Museum

Admission

FREE
Booking is not required.

Subjects

Remembrance

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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Lapel badge, War Widows Association of Great Britain, 2018
Story

War Widows Association: Supporting the families of the fallen

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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The Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London, 1925
Story

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.

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