Tag: Diplomacy and the first world war Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: From the pits to the palace (part 1)Thursday 23 July 2015The story of Private Hugh McIver VC MM and Bar I have been privileged...Records and researchDigging for King and CountryTuesday 18 November 2014As I very often tell my friends and colleagues, not all archaeologists are spies....Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: the Treaty of VersaillesThursday 7 August 2014This is a new series of blog posts on The Keeper’s Gallery, the onsite exhibition...Records and researchThe lamps are going out all over EuropeMonday 4 August 2014At 11pm on 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany, bringing to an...Records and researchTimetable to mobilisationThursday 31 July 2014At the turn of the 20th century there had been no war between any of...Records and research100 years ago today: Austria declares war on SerbiaMonday 28 July 2014On Tuesday 28 July, exactly one month after the assassination of the Archduke Franz...Records and researchSir Edward Grey’s doomed questFriday 25 July 2014On July 24, 1914, Count von Mensdorff, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, communicated the text of the...Records and research‘The most formidable document’Wednesday 23 July 2014‘The most formidable document I have ever seen addressed by one state to another...Records and researchTwo bullets that changed the course of historySaturday 28 June 2014On this day exactly 100 years ago, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and his wife...