The National Archives is offering an opportunity to share recent First World War research at a September 2016 conference focussing on the Home Front.
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‘The Road to Bletchley Park’ – pioneer codebreakers of WW1 revealed
The story of how Britain’s codebreaking skills were pioneered during the First World War is explored in a new exhibition at Bletchley Park.
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100 Years Ago Today: August offensive starts at Gallipoli
The last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli was launched on August 6th 1915, with an attempt to break out of Anzac Cove and a British landing at Suvla Bay.
Continue readingGallipoli: Australia & New Zealand remember August 1915 offensive
Australia and New Zealand hold commemorations on August 6th and 8th 2015 respectively to mark the 100th anniversary of the last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli.
Continue readingGallipoli Centenary – last surviving British warship opens in Portsmouth
A restored British warship from the Gallipoli campaign officially opens on August 6th 2015, the centenary of the last major Allied offensive on the peninsula.
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Centenary Anniversary: August offensive starts at Gallipoli
6th August 1915: The last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli was launched, with an attempt to break out of Anzac Cove and a British landing at Suvla Bay.
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Gallipoli veteran HMS M.33 opens on centenary of August offensive
Britain’s only surviving warship from the Gallipoli campaign has opened to the public after a £2.5 million restoration project at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
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The First Casualty
Publisher’s Description:’Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, charged with his murder.’
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A Farewell to Arms
Publisher’s Description:’In an unforgettable depiction of war, Hemingway recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteers and the men and women he encounters along the way with conviction and brutal honesty. A love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion.’
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Goodbye to All That
Publisher’s Description:’An autobiographical work that describes firsthand the great tectonic shifts in English society following the First World War, Robert Graves’s Goodbye to All That is a matchless evocation of the Great War’s haunting legacy.’
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