During the First World War, Britain turned to the Empire for assistance – including New Zealand, India, the West Indies, Australia, Canada and South Africa. Read more
Posts filed in: First World War
100 years of the Royal Air Force
The First World War was the first conflict in which aviation played a major role.Read more
8 Unusual war memorials
First World War memorials range from simple stone crosses to monumental bronzes; from village halls to Read more
Forgotten heroes of the First World War
The Labour Corps of the First World War comprised mostly of a multi-ethnic army of workers, without whom the war would have ground to a halt.Read more
A brief history of tanks
Today, 20 November 2017, marks the centenary of the first mass use of tanks in the First World War.Read more
Hidden in plain sight: echoes of the First World War
100 years on from the First World War, evidence of damage and loss can still be seen on our streets. Read more
7 Unusual War Memorials
The aftermath of the First World War saw a wave of public commemoration, sometimes in the form of quite unusual war memorials.Read more
Remembered: The Battle of Passchendaele
Today – 31 July – marks one hundred years since the start of the Battle of Passchendaele.Read more
Air Raid: The Tragedy of Upper North Street School
On this day one hundred years ago – 13 June 1917 – Upper North Street School, Poplar, London, was bombed in the first daylight air raid of the First World War.Read more
The War Memorials of Herbert Baker
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, we look at 15 war memorials designed by Herbert Baker.Read more
