Tag: First world war Records and researchA woman’s war 1914-1918Monday 2 March 2015Many of you will no doubt have heard of, if not yet seen, the...Archives and archivistsBrown paper packages tied up with stringFriday 27 February 2015For archives to thrive they need to grow. And that involves archive services taking...Records and researchFirst World War hearing aidsThursday 19 February 2015If you were researching hearing aids from the early twentieth century what term would you...Records and researchBirds of peaceMonday 16 February 2015Whilst going through some papers of the British Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference,...Records and researchMedical units in the First World WarFriday 16 January 2015This year, the focus of The National Archives’ First World War Centenary programme shifts to...Records and researchThe Carlisle Experiment – limiting alcohol in wartimeThursday 15 January 2015One of the early casualties of the First World War was, in many respects,...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 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...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... « 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 … 22 »