Should Royal Family Showcase WWI Uniform?
With the centenary of the First World War approaching, many are recognizing their heritage. It is in this spirit that many are insisting the Royal…
Great War love Letters Find Home
Several WWI love letters written by one soldier to his sweetheart find their way to the relatives of the couple after the family who found them got very…
Remember the First World War
Look back and remember the First World War, the war to end all wars. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the conflict which involved more…
Veteran of Western Front and How He Died
Two brothers joined the Western Front during the First World War, but only one would make it out of the war alive. Although he had…
Trench Maps from WWI Digitized
Many war documents have been digitized since the beginning of the WWI centenary, and now that list of documents has been expanded to include trench…
Marcia Williams’s Archie’s War is Re-Released
When Marcia Williams wrote Archie’s War, it was a unique way of teaching children about the First World War through the eyes of a fictional…
12 Little Known Facts about WWI
The Great War may have fascinated us with its bloody bloodbaths and trench warfare but these 12 little known facts about tell us that there was…
Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Amongst WWI Airmen
A multitude of WWI airmen sacrificed their lives in the early 1900s, while many survivors took the same risk. With the mass digitization of war…
Remembering the WWI Casualties on All Sides
There has been a recent push to remember the WWI casualties that occurred on all sides of the conflict. This push arises as the centenary…
Germany: Graves of British WWI POWs Who Died in Captivity are Now Marked with Headstones…Finally
After almost 100 years and in time for the 100th year of the start of the Great War, graves of British WWI POWs who died…
Tower of London Moat Converted to “Sea” of Poppies for WWI Centenary
The Tower of London moat will become a “sea” of poppies this summer to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the beginning of the First…
Did Friendly Fire Cause the First WWI Casualty?
Evidence now suggests that friendly fire may have caused the initial casualty on the British side of the First World War. Private John Parr was…