Tag: First world war 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 research@UnitWarDiaries: Live-tweeting the First World WarThursday 7 August 2014August 7 marks the anniversary of the first embarkations of ‘advanced parties’ of the British...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...Behind the scenesThe First World War: a global viewFriday 1 August 2014The First World War. What images spring to mind when you read those four...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 researchMy Tommy’s War: An unexpected war at homeFriday 11 July 2014My great-uncle had an unexpected war at home. My grandfather was too young to...Records and research#talkingWW1 Twitter dayFriday 4 July 2014Today The National Archives will be joining the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...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...Behind the scenesReading to escapeTuesday 24 June 2014Did you have a good day? I thought not. There are those days when... « 1 … 16 17 18 19 20 … 22 »