Tag: First world war Records and researchSpy, scoundrel and scholar: Leo Frobenius’ mission to AbyssiniaWednesday 14 November 2018It is a rare treat in any archive to be able to look at...Records and researchMilestones to Peace: the Armistice of CompiègneFriday 9 November 2018The guns fell silent on the Western Front on the eleventh hour of the...Behind the scenesArmistice and Legacy – a graphic novel on the First World WarTuesday 6 November 2018The Education team at The National Archives is always busy preparing workshops for school...Records and researchArmistice babiesThursday 1 November 2018In 2016, our blog featured research I had been undertaking into the naming of...Records and researchSpy or scholar? Meet Dr Curt PrüferMonday 24 September 2018During the First World War, British Intelligence made good use of scholars – notably archaeologists and...Records and researchApocalypse Then: the Battle of Megiddo, 1918Friday 21 September 2018They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings...Records and researchThe Battle of Amiens: advancing to ArmisticeMonday 13 August 2018This is the last in our series of blog posts looking at the Battle...Records and researchThe Battle of Amiens: the beginning of the endWednesday 8 August 2018This blog post marks the centenary of the opening of the Battle of Amiens...Records and researchThe Battle of Amiens: the groundwork for victoryMonday 6 August 2018The British-led Battle of Amiens, fought between 8 and 12 August 1918, was a...Records and researchExploring new ways of visualising The National Archives’ First World War diariesMonday 2 July 2018Since 2014, The National Archives has been opening up our collection of handwritten First World...Records and research100 years since the formation of the Women’s Royal Air ForceTuesday 3 April 2018‘The Air Service is urgently in need of women workers – so urgently that...Records and researchResearching Colonial Office correspondence: plague in Gold CoastMonday 26 March 2018Researching Colonial Office records can be a slightly daunting prospect as the catalogue detail tends... « 1 2 3 4 5 … 22 »