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On the centenary of the Great War comes this poignant look at fifty objects never far from Tommy's side official uniform, good-luck charms, phrasebooks, a sweetheart's letter, …
On the outbreak of war in 1914, the armies of the Western Front soon became bogged down in the mud of Flanders and it is these events that many people associate most strongly with …
The conduct of a brave and patriotic woman during the First World War, filled with details of espionage and life in an occupied country.In 1914 Margriet Ballegeer, a young woman …
It did not need a Fort Sumter cannonade to set the world in flames in 1914, only the pistol shots of an assassin. The Great War 1914-1918, written by one of the leading military …
From escape attempts to camp conditions, Behind the Wire offers first-hand accounts of POWs during World War I.Before World War I the Geneva Convention established 'rules' for the …
A compact guide to 40 of iconic tanks which have shaped the face of modern warfare.Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks have …
The Greater Game is a major exhibition (December 2014 September 2015) by the National Football Museum exploring the history of English football in the First World War. It brings …
A celebration of cheerful determination in the face of appalling adversity, Soldiers' Songs and Slang of the Great War reveals the bawdy and satiric sense of humour of the Tommy in …
The burden of the Great War was not shouldered by soldiers alone: the tasks, the camaraderie, the day-to-day life and the devastation were all shared with the animals that …
Britain has issued medals rewarding war service since at least the early nineteenth century, and increasingly through the period of its imperial expansion prior to 1914, but …