Exhibitions

SOFO Volunteer Tom Shannon found a link to his past: this beautiful ink pot was found in the ruins of the Kashmir Gate, Delhi, 1857, after a battle at which his Great Great Great Uncle, John Lawrence, commanded British troops.

Curated by Julie Summers, this exhibition is a digest of the exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum from October 2011. It covers themes from boy soldiers, war-time toys and games, to evacuees and refugees, and to children helping with the war effort, all seen through the lens of Oxfordshire.

A model of a First World War tank and how it came to be. This exhibition, related to Children and War, a SOFO exhibition running at the Oxfordshire Museum, was created by SOFO Volunteer Tom Shannon.

The battlefield at the time of the first tanks - a summary of life in the First World War trenches. Exhibition created by SOFO Volunteer Tom Shannon.

Sir Winston Churchill was an Oxfordshire Hussar from the time he left the Regular Army to his death, a span from 1901 to 1965.

This web version of the exhibition in The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, tells this story.

During May and June 2011, a bell used by German soldiers to warn of gas attacks which was captured in 1917 is on display in The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock. Here are the images of that display. Exhibition created by SOFO Volunteer Tom Shannon, with help from Steve Berridge who did the research.

'Revealed - The Underwear Revolution' was an exhibition on underwear and changing materials at The Oxfordshire Museum from April to June 2011, in which SOFO participated.

The exhibition contains the items in the SOFO contribution, which reveals some war-time underwear as well as taking a broader look at changing materials in times of conflict.

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