Posts by William Butler Records and researchThe story of Edward Lees: Refugee, internee, soldierMonday 19 June 2023In 1934, 13-year-old Erhard Wilhelm Saar arrived in the UK fleeing Nazi Germany. By...Records and researchHow Florence Nightingale David saved lives during the Blitz – with statisticsFriday 3 March 2023We explore the wartime work carried out by this pioneering statistician...Records and researchStories from home and abroad in the Cabinet Office file releaseFriday 30 December 2022Today, we have released almost 600 Cabinet Office files covering Tony Blair’s Labour administration...Records and researchThe Falklands Conflict 40th anniversary: Researching Operation CorporateFriday 1 April 2022As the official archive for the UK Government, it is perhaps unsurprising that The...Records and researchResearching lives at the Royal Hospital Chelsea for the Scarlets and Blues project (Part 2)Thursday 2 December 2021In this second blog exploring what kind of research might be undertaken using the...Records and researchResearching lives at the Royal Hospital Chelsea for the Scarlets and Blues project (Part 1)Tuesday 30 November 2021This month, The National Archives launched the Scarlets and Blues project, which is now...Records and researchPlanning the burial of the Unknown WarriorThursday 5 November 2020On Friday 15 October 1920, a mere 27 days before Armistice Day, the British...Records and research‘Only a bold course can save civilisation’: The atomic bomb, Britain and the future of warFriday 28 August 2020On 28 August 1945, the newly elected British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, authored a...Records and researchOperations which never happened (part 2): Operation Zipper and MailfistFriday 14 August 2020In the week leading up to VE Day in 1945, British and Indian forces...Records and researchOperations which didn’t happen (part 1): British participation in the invasion of Japan, 1945Tuesday 11 August 2020Had the atomic bombs not been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in the...Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Great EscapeMonday 29 June 2020The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The...Records and researchEscape and evade: Breaking out of Occupied Europe in 1940Friday 12 June 2020Having located a map on a desk of a house in Dieppe, northern France,...