Families can remember for forever their ancestors who served in the First World War in what is being billed as the biggest online project of the Centenary.
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Lives of the First World War remembered forever in Centenary online memorial
Families can remember for forever their ancestors who served in the First World War in what is being billed as the biggest online project of the Centenary.
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First World War romance between a wounded hero & nurse who thought he was a German spy
An extraordinary love story, between a heroic British Captain and a nurse who believed he was a German spy, has been uncovered by students looking back into First World War archives.
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First World War romance between a wounded hero & nurse who thought he was a German spy
An extraordinary love story, between a heroic British Captain and a nurse who believed he was a German spy, has been uncovered by students looking back into First World War archives.
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Scottish soldiers’ wills from First and Second World Wars go online
The National Records of Scotland has made available the wills of 31,000 Scottish soldiers who fought in the First and Second World Wars.
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Popular cartoons give a different insight into attitudes towards First World War
Mike Swain reports on an exhibition of popular First World War cartoons in London which reveals a different insight into the attitudes of people to the war on the battlefield and at home.
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Popular cartoons give a different insight into attitudes towards First World War
Mike Swain reports on an exhibition of popular First World War cartoons in London which reveals a different insight into the attitudes of people to the war on the battlefield and at home.
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Centenary News archived by US Library of Congress
The US Library of Congress has selected Centenary News to be archived as part of the Library’s collection of websites marking the Centenary of the First World War.
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Sex and the Somme. Soldiers visited brothels to escape the “lunatic world of war.”
Mike Swain listens to a lunchtime lecture given by UCL Teaching Fellow Dr Clare Makepeace entitled “Sex and the Somme” about the hundreds of thousands of First World War soldiers who used brothels.
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Sex and the Somme. Soldiers visited brothels to escape the “lunatic world of war.”
Mike Swain listens to a lunchtime lecture given by UCL Teaching Fellow Dr Clare Makepeace entitled "Sex and the Somme" about the hundreds of thousands of First World War soldiers who used brothels.
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