Another link from the BBC website showing the role played by women back at home during the years of WW1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p329t
I have just read/listened to a very interesting page on the BBC website in regard to the Tunnelling Companies and their work during WW1. I...
More than 400,000 soldiers contracted venereal diseases (VD) during World War One, despite warnings to "resist temptations" and "avoid intimacy"....
The Christchurch RSA is in position of a Medal Group of Pte E.S. Coward, Dorset Reg. The 1914 Star has a bar on the ribbon "5th August - 22nd...
Found this on the BBC earlier today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25869896
My grand uncle Tommy died on the 2nd of September 1918 and is buried in the Lindenhoek cemetery near Wulverghem. I have been unable to find any...
'Afternoon chaps, I've just been advised of this one day course in Oxford on the 5th of February and thought it sounded rather good: '2014 marks...
Hi all, I have a conundrum regarding my grandfather. I have had a notice today from Ancestry that tells me about his WW1 medal rolls index, and...
In Egypt in World War 1, Turkish Prisoners of War passed their time by creating various objects decorated with colourful glass beads. The beaded...
On visiting the cemetery 'Toutes Aides' in St Nazaire, I came across a remarkable headstone for this soldier: NEEDHAM, WILLIAM St. CLAIR...
Article from the Goole Times, 7th November 2013 War medal reunited A war medal given to a Goole solider has finally been reunited with his...
The BBC has revealed how it plans to mark the centenary of World War 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24552194
The Wipers Times A one-off factual drama by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman for BBC 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/wiperstimes/ Not...
The preparations have started, official announcements have been made, initiatives launched, personal stories are in the news already even though...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23563616 [IMG] British infantrymen marching towards the front lines in the River Somme valley during World War I...
Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC BALL, EDWARD RALPH Rank: Captain Service No: 161861 Awards: M C Regiment/Service: General List Date of...
I am wondering if any one can help with this please. On Cockermouth war memorial I have a P Donoghue but I am unable to find a connection to...
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