Dr Jenny Macleod J.Macleod@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in 20th Century History
Britishness and commemoration: National memorials to the First World War in Britain and Ireland
Macleod, Jenny
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Abstract
The 1917 call for a national memorial to the First World War led to the establishment of the Imperial War Museum in London. It also inspired Scottish, Welsh and Irish national memorials. No English national memorial was ever proposed; instead the Cenotaph and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were conceived as imperial memorials. The new statelet of Northern Ireland did not commemorate its overall war effort within its own territory. This article surveys the organisation, location and design of the Scottish, Welsh and Irish national war memorials to the First World War. It examines some aspects of the complex set of relationships between the local, regional, national and imperial layers of identity that are inherent in Britishness. In doing so it reveals the confused and contested nature of national identity in the United Kingdom at the close of the First World War.
Citation
Macleod, J. (2013). Britishness and commemoration: National memorials to the First World War in Britain and Ireland. Journal of Contemporary History, 48(4), 647-665. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009413493940
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 1, 2013 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 23, 2013 |
Publication Date | 2013-10 |
Deposit Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
Journal | Journal of contemporary history |
Print ISSN | 0022-0094 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 647-665 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009413493940 |
Keywords | REF 2014 submission, Britishness, Commemoration, First World War, National identity, War memorial |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/463797 |
Publisher URL | http://jch.sagepub.com/content/48/4/647 |
Additional Information | Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Journal of contemporary history, 2013, v.48, issue 4 |
Contract Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
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