THE most popular choice for men from Millom and Furness signing up for wartime service was with the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Its experiences in training and battle features in a programme of events starting on Friday called Recommissioned.
These public, open access activities and performances, explore the unheard voices and untold stories from the regiment.
They incorporate objects relating to the soldiers who served in the Battle of the Somme as a new way to explore and open up history.
It all starts inside Lancaster City Museum on Friday from 5pm to 9pm with a series of promenade performances showcasing items from the King’s Own collection and lasting 15 minutes.
Expect light, sound, text and movement to illuminate Lancashire stories of the Somme.
The promenade performances, for up to 30 people at a time, can also be seen on Saturday, in time slots from 5pm to 7.30pm and on Friday, November 11, from 5pm to 6.30pm.
The performances are presented by the Friends of Lancaster City Museum, the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sound & Motion.
On Saturday from 1pm to 4.30pm there will be three talks with a First World War theme at The Storey Lecture Theatre, Lancaster.
At 1pm Tim Padfield reveals the story of Clementina Addison, a nurse from Caton, Lancaster, who served with the French Flag Nursing Corps. She trained at Leicester Royal Infirmary and went to France in 1915.
The nurse was sent home ill and died at home in 1916, aged 26. From 2.15pm Anne-Marie Knowles, from Carlisle's Tullie House, tells the story of Carlisle in the First World War.
And from 3.30pm Peter Donnelly, curator of the King’s Own Museum in Lancaster, tells the stories of some of the soldiers of the King's own in the Battle of the Somme.
All the events are free and no advance booking is required.
On Wednesday, November 9 and Saturday, November 19, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm you can join Peter Donnelly for a gentle walking tour of Lancaster to discover its military past.
Walkers should meet at Lancaster City Museum.
You can find out more information about the Recommissioned project on the website at www.kingsownmuseum.com/recommissioned.htm
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