Voices of the Armistice

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  Voices of the Armistice: letters from the Front, March 1918

  Final extract of correspondence from employees of the Great Western Railway on active service. Original document catalogue reference: RAIL 253/516

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  Voices of the Armistice: letters from the Front, October 1917

  The third extract of correspondence from employees of the Great Western Railway on active service. Original document catalogue reference: RAIL 253/516

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  Voices of the Armistice: letters from the Front, March 1916

  Further correspondence from employees of the Great Western Railway on active service. Original document catalogue reference: RAIL 253/516

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  Voices of the Armistice: letters from the Front, August 1915

  Correspondence from employees of the Great Western Railway on active service. Original document catalogue reference: RAIL 253/516

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  Voices of the Armistice: 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

  Extracts from the war diary, following the battalion from 1915 to setting off for home in 1919. Original document catalogue reference: WO 95/1495

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  Voices of the Armistice: the Private’s diary – part 2

  More from the diary of Private Pattenden of 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Original document catalogue reference: WO 95/1495

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  Voices of the Armistice: the Private’s diary – part 1

  The diary of Private Pattenden of 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, dated September 1914. Original document catalogue reference: WO 95/1495

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  Voices of the Armistice: Two voices from the Front, part 2

  Further extracts from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Hicks and Private Pattenden of 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Original document catalogue reference: WO 95/1495

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  Voices of the Armistice: Two voices from the Front, part 1

  Extracts from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Hicks and Private Pattenden of 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, August 1914. Original document catalogue reference: WO 95/1495

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  Voices of the Armistice: The first war casualty

  The case of John Mills, Quartermaster, who died of pneumonia whilst preparing for mobilisation of troops, in England. After an investigation it was decided he did die as a result of the war. Original document catalogue reference WO 339/9734

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  World War One Voices of the Armistice

  To mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, The National Archives has launched a season of podcasts of personal stories from those who served in World War One. Voices of the Armistice brings the heroism and horrors of war to ...

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