Last Post: Remembering the First World War

OPENING 6 November 2008

A fascinating insight into the story of the Post Office during the First World War is the theme of a new exhibition from The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) and Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms (CMCWR) to be held at the historic site. The exhibition, Last Post: Remembering the First World War, marks the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War and will run from 5 November 2008 to March 2009.

The Victoria Cross medal awarded to Sergeant Alfred Knight of the Post Office Rifles

The exhibition will explore the story of soldiers and spies, machinery and medals, commitment and communication.

It will address how the Post Office responded to the war in getting mail to the soldiers and sailors serving around the world, as well as to those being held prisoners of war.
The Post Office sent men off to fight and on the front, the Army Post Office carried letters and parcels between battalions and special base depots. Telephone equipment installed by the Post Office was vital to military success.

The postal service was also a tool of war and a vehicle for propaganda. The vital censorship operation set up to monitor correspondence helped the government to catch spies and control the dissemination of military information; it was managed by the Post Office.
All these stories will be explored through the exhibition Last Post: Remembering the First World War.

Entrance to the exhibition is included in your Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms ticket. 

For times and ticket prices see Visitor Information.