Tag: War diaries Records and researchLieutenant Euan Lucie-Smith ‘reported missing’: A mother’s enquiryTuesday 4 October 2022Collections held by The National Archives offer an important opportunity to explore the significant...Archives and archivistsThe challenges of working on the Operation War Diary recordsWednesday 6 April 2022Operation War Diary was a five-year collaboration between Zooniverse, Imperial War Museums and The...Records and researchWomen in the Second World War: The Palestinian Auxiliary Territorial ServiceWednesday 26 January 2022As the women’s branch of the British Army during the Second World War, the...Records and researchAbbreviation and identification: Cataloguing war diaries 1939-46Thursday 25 November 2021Several years ago, a project began to improve the listing of the war diaries,...Records and researchThe Forgotten Army: West African Troops in Burma, 1945Wednesday 12 August 2020They have been called the ‘Forgotten Army’ – the British Fourteenth Army who, in...Records and researchHow archives helped solve a family mysteryTuesday 8 October 2019Like many of us who find ourselves working at The National Archives, I have...Records and researchThe Christmas truce, 1914Thursday 20 December 2018The Christmas truce of 1914 will generally conjure up images of opposing British and...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 researchDear diary, with Christmas wishes in wartimeWednesday 23 December 2015Christmas is fast approaching; excitement is building as food and last-minute presents are bought....Records and research‘For Valour’: the Garhwalis and Neuve ChapelleTuesday 10 March 2015Joseph Joffre, commander in chief of the French forces on the Western Front in... 1 2 »