Home From the War: What Happened to Disabled First World War Veterans
Around 2 million soldiers, sailors and airmen came home with some level of disability: over 40,000 were amputees; some had facial disfigurement or had been blinded.
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An Introduction to ‘Thankful Villages’
In the First World War every village saw young people leave to serve their country. Over 700,000 Britons died, yet 53 village communities suffered no fatalities.
6 things you may not know about POWs in England during the First World War
Prisoners were interned in hundreds of locations across England, ranging from purpose-built camps holding thousands of men, to locations that held just a few individuals.
War memorials of the north: then & now
A mystery postcard collection documents the unveiling of local war memorials, with hundreds of people present. Each memorial represents a different tale of loss in a northern town.
100 years of the Royal Air Force
The First World War was the first conflict in which aviation played a major role.
8 Unusual war memorials
First World War memorials range from simple stone crosses to monumental bronzes; from village halls to
Forgotten Heroes of the First World War
This is the story of the Labour Corps, comprised mostly of a multi-ethnic army of workers, without whom the war would have ground to a halt.
A brief history of tanks
Today, 20 November 2017, marks the centenary of the first mass use of tanks in the First World War.
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.
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.