Tag: First world war Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: A trooper in YpresFriday 31 October 2014For today’s blog post, I would like to share the wartime experiences of my...Records and researchDeath of a PrinceMonday 27 October 2014On 27 October 1914 at Zonnebeke in the Ypres Salient, Prince Maurice of Battenberg,...Records and researchMy Tommy’s war: a history through photosFriday 24 October 2014I knew very little about my grandfather: Alfred Thomas Avis, 1884 -1936. When the...Records and researchTelling Tommies’ talesTuesday 21 October 2014Today we’re breathing a happy sigh of relief, having sent our competition Telling Tommies’...Records and researchThe Hollywood battalion – part twoMonday 20 October 2014In the first part of this blog post we learnt that four well known...Archives and archivistsExplore Your Archive on TwitterFriday 17 October 2014Archives are amazing. Without them we could not study our personal histories or the...Records and researchRemembering our TommiesTuesday 14 October 2014You may not have noticed, as you pass through the reception area here at...Records and researchThe Hollywood battalionTuesday 7 October 2014It’s a line up that would make any film an instant Hollywood blockbuster. In...Archives and archivistsThe ‘live bait squadron’Monday 22 September 2014In the space of little over an hour on the morning of 22 September 1914,...Records and researchSentenced to death: Private Thomas James HighgateMonday 8 September 2014‘I have lost my army, and I mean to get out of it’ (WO...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: An Eastender in the Lancers (part two)Friday 5 September 2014It has been almost two years since we launched our My Tommy’s War blog...Records and research100 years since the Battle of MonsFriday 22 August 2014‘The morning of Sunday the 23rd broke in mist and rain, which about 10 a.m.... « 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 22 »