A Worcester school is asking residents to bring objects and tell their stories from the Second World War for a national campaign.

This event is being hosted at RGS Worcester working with Their Finest Hour, a team based at the University of Oxford and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

RGS Worcester has offered to run this event at the school to make it easy for people to visit and bring their stories and objects so that they can be recorded and digitised to preserve them for future generations.

RGS Worcester is inviting people to bring their Second World War stories and objects to their Digital Collection Day on June 16 between 10am and 2.30pm.

As these stories are fast fading from living memory, it is vital that they - and the wartime objects that often accompany them - are preserved for future generations.

At the Digital Collection Day, stories about wartime experience and any associated objects such as diaries, letters, medals, journals and ration books will be recorded, digitised, and then uploaded to the Their Finest Hour online archive.

The service will be free-to-use and will launch in June 2024.

Dr Stuart Lee, project leader, said, “We are delighted to be able to create an archive of memories of the Second World War. We know from previous projects that people have so many wonderful objects, photos, and anecdotes which have been passed down from family members which are at risk of getting lost or being forgotten.

“Our aim is to empower local communities to digitally preserve these stories and objects before they are lost to posterity.”

Jane Harrison, head of history and politics at RGS Worcester, said: “With the 80-uear anniversary of the end of the Second World War fast approaching, the ‘Their Finest Hour’ project offers a fantastic opportunity to capture stories from our recent past before they are gone.

“We are really excited to be able to contribute to this by gathering memories from the people in Worcestershire and from our own parents and former pupils.

“It will also be great to give our pupils the chance to find out more about such a key moment in modern history.

“With our Digital Learning Programme, we can record, photograph and digitise these items and memories and upload to the Their Finest Hour online archive.

“This way Worcestershire can play its part in this important national project.”

The project team is especially interested in collecting contributions from people from underrepresented backgrounds in order to increase the diversity of people benefiting from Second World War heritage.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Jane on jrh@rgsw.org.uk.

For more information about the project, please visit the project website: theirfinesthour.org.