"Aylmer Remembers WWI" 100 Years Later

The AMMA held an official opening for their new Exhibition, “Aylmer Remembers WWI” on Sunday. It takes a look at the men and women of Aylmer and Malahide who served during the First World War. 464 men and women from Aylmer and Malahide served in World War I. Fifty-five were killed and countless more were wounded.

The visitor’s view to the first display of the exhibition is from the length of a “trench”. It’s an appropriate perspective:

“The main type of fighting used during World War One was trench warfare … It has been estimated that one third of the allied casualties on the Western Front were killed in the trenches … The conditions in the trenches were very harsh. Millions of rats infested the trenches … Lice were also a problem … Trench foot was caused by cold, wet, and unsanitary conditions and it could result in amputation.”

Featured are war diaries, letters, photographs, biographies, uniforms and medals from the soldiers. There’s also authentic film footage of the Battle of the Somme. The various displays provide a view of the people and their experiences from our vantage-point 100 years later.

The exhibition ends with a wall of those who were killed and reason for a sober pause to consider the  faces and information on each – most sons of local families, often very young and some where brothers were both lost.  

AMMA Exhibition: Aylmer Remembers WWI
Mon Mar 7th - Fri May 27th 

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