Category: Records and research Records and researchMy grandfather and the Cuxhaven RaidThursday 25 December 2014Christmas Day 1914 was the day of the Cuxhaven Raid, when the British Royal...Records and researchResearching FWW through personal objects: soldiers’ testamentsTuesday 23 December 2014In the First World War many soldiers carried at least two books with them...Records and researchYour disco needs youFriday 19 December 2014The National Archives was in the grip of the 1970s when I first joined...Records and researchA ‘special relationship’?Tuesday 16 December 2014When looking at British history in the twentieth century strong Anglo-American ties appear to...Records and research‘German havoc in English homes’Tuesday 16 December 2014Our tendency to view the First World War through the prism of the Western...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Construction and destruction with the Royal EngineersFriday 12 December 2014Born in Newport, South Wales, on 16 June, 1894, William Alfred Bale was the...Records and researchResearching FWW through personal objects: dog tagsTuesday 9 December 2014This blog is not a history of the ‘dog tag’, it is more of...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: Storage chestsTuesday 9 December 2014An on-going feature in the Keeper’s Gallery that I wanted to highlight to are...Records and researchNaval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914Monday 8 December 2014Although the Royal Navy had a large number of ships at the outbreak of...Records and researchThe ‘Invictus Games’ of 1922Monday 8 December 2014Did you think the recent Invictus Games, held for wounded, injured and sick service personnel,...Behind the scenesFirst World War South Asia community workshopFriday 5 December 2014Have you ever seen a trench map from the First World War written in...Records and researchFiles on film: Petitions for equalityThursday 4 December 2014Have you ever imagined where Siegfried Sassoon was sitting while writing his poems? Or... « 1 … 81 82 83 84 85 … 114 »