Food and the First World War in Germany
Contributed by Dr Helen Boak In August 1916 a group of soldiers’ wives wrote to the Hamburg Senate demanding its support for a peace settlement: ‘we want to have our husbands and sons back from the w...
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Research in Brief – Scouting in the First World War
Contributed by Frank Brittain, County Archivist for Hertfordshire Scouts In 1914, Hertfordshire became the first Scout County in the UK to initiate Home Front work for Scouts. This initiative...
Research in Brief – Organising Women in World War One
On Saturday 21st March, 2015, a conference organised by the Midlands Region of the Women’s History Network, The University of Worcester and the Voices of War and Peace: the Great War an...
Council for British Archaeology – Home Front Legacy 1914-18
The Council for British Archaeology are undertaking a new initiative into exploring the impact of the First World War on the Home Front. Although First World War battles took place elsewhere, ...
The First World War: Commemoration and Memory. Call for Papers
The First World War: Commemoration & Memory One Day Symposium 27 February 2016 Imperial War Museum, North Keynote Speakers: Professor Jay Winter (Yale University) Professor Maggie Andrews (Univer...
Farming in the First World War
Contributed by Julie Moore Sources to Consider and Questions to Ask The story of the impact of the First World War on farming is one which particularly benefits from research at the local le...