STUDENTS from a Winchester college have created display about women in war for Armistice Day.

A group of eleven lower-sixth Peter Symonds students worked on the billboards as part of an extracurricular activity and their three exhibitions are now on show across the college.

In the reception area there is a display on the role of women in WW1, whilst the other two cover the 1915 centenary of WW1 battles and the 75th anniversary of the 1940 WWII conflicts.

At each location there are two folders containing the names of the pupils and staff members who died in action, as listed on the boards hung in the Symonds Room.

The folders contain research done on each of them, their regiments, resting places - these were created as part of an activity run last year.

Lower Sixth student Faith Myers, 17, said: "I thought it would be interesting to work on this project and that is why I decided to do it. I wanted to do something that helped the college and something that was creative.

"I have learnt a lot about the war from what the teachers had taught us in class, but never what women did in the war, which was really great to find out more about."

Principal of the college Stephen Carville added: "These displays really help to place former Peter Symonds pupils and staff in the events of the two world wars.

"I think it is superb too that the students have identified and acknowledged the important role played by women."

Chemistry technician, Stephen Jarvis, has overseen the activity using his personal experience gained from 30 years visiting war memorials and collecting details for follow up research and said the students "were a joy" to teach.

Also working on the project was Izzy Maynard, 16, who said being able to make something like the billboards was great. Learning about the women in the war has extended my knowledge of what they did and what impact they had. I am taking psychology and it was fantastic to find out more about what their mindsets were during the war as well as what they physically did."

Mellissa Barter, 16, who studied history at GCSE level said she enjoyed making the displays and learning more about the wars.