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.
The aftermath of the First World War saw a wave of public commemoration, sometimes in the form of quite unusual war memorials.
Today – 31 July – marks one hundred years since the start of the Battle of Passchendaele.
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.
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, we look at 15 war memorials designed by Herbert Baker.
War memorials are a starkly poignant part of our heritage. They are found everywhere, and link the tragic impact of world wars with local communities.
The National Buildings Record (NBR) was born of war, created quickly in early 1941 to photograph and document England’s historic buildings.
The First World War saw the development of industrialised mechanised warfare – machine guns, tanks, and aeroplanes. In addition toContinue Reading
One hundred years ago today on 1 February 1917, Germany resumed its policy of ‘unrestricted submarine warfare.’ The seas aroundContinue Reading
On 19 January 1917 at 6.52 pm, a catastrophic explosion at the Brunner Mond and Company’s high explosive TNT factory in Silvertown, East London, killed 73 people and injured hundreds.
The First and Second World Wars were truly global in scale and involvement.