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This Way to the Front is a pop-up public history exhibition exploring the Hundred Days Offensive of 1918: the final Allied advance of the First World War. Taking place between August and November 1918, the Hundred Days marked a turning point in the conflict, as Allied forces pushed across the Western Front towards the Armistice. Yet despite its significance, this final campaign is often less familiar to the public than earlier battles such as the Somme or Passchendaele.
This exhibition aims to bring the Hundred Days back into focus through personal stories, visual displays, letters, maps, and audio.
The Hundred Days Offensive was not simply the end of the war. It was a fast-moving, exhausting and costly campaign that changed the course of the conflict and shaped the final months of 1918.
Rather than presenting the campaign only as a story of victory, this exhibition explores the human experience behind the advance. It considers what the final push meant for those who lived through it: the soldiers moving across devastated landscapes, the medics treating the wounded, and the animals who worked alongside them. By focusing on these different perspectives, This Way to the Front asks visitors to think about the final months of the First World War not as a neat ending, but as a complex moment of movement, survival, loss and remembrance.
Visitors are invited to step into a market-style exhibition space and follow different routes through the story of the Hundred Days.
The exhibition includes display panels, tea-stained letters, handwritten material, maps, replica documents, photographs, leaflets and a small audio listening area. These elements are designed to create a personal and tactile experience, helping visitors connect with the campaign through individual voices and material traces. The exhibition is designed to be accessible, reflective and engaging for a general audience. Whether visitors know a lot about the First World War or are encountering the Hundred Days for the first time, the aim is to offer a clear, human and memorable introduction to the campaign.
Meet the curator
Sofia Thomas Hinds
Public historian
I’m Sofia, an MA Public History student at Royal Holloway, with a particular interest in how histories of conflict, memory and remembrance are interpreted for wider audiences.
Through This Way to the Front, I aim to bring the Hundred Days Offensive to life through personal stories, local connections and carefully researched displays, making this complex history more accessible, meaningful and engaging for visitors.
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