Tag: First world war

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Spies: Lawrence and Bell

Thursday 9 May 2019

The exploits of T.E. Lawrence are legendary. Thanks to the famous film ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, millions around the world know about his time spying an...

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‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World War

Wednesday 1 November 2017

In a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when the legendary Madame Cama asks them to surrender for the good of the motherland. Wi...

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Bombs, bulls and civilian bravery

Tuesday 4 July 2017

In this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about civilian gallantry from the First and...

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‘A Bit of a Scratch’, a radio drama about the battle against Venereal Disease during the First World War

Friday 16 June 2017

‘A Bit of a Scratch’ explores the first recorded prosecution under the Venereal Diseases Act 1917. The legislation was introduced due to the large n...

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Somme Tales

Tuesday 8 November 2016

Funded by the Friends of The National Archives, Somme Tales is a creative project that took place at the archives from 1-5 August 2016 in partnership with profe...

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Changing the Landscape: In conversation with Sarah Kogan

Friday 1 July 2016

Artist and curator Sarah Kogan in conversation with our Records Knowledge Manager Kate Wheeler, discussing her multimedia Battle of the Somme arts project Chang...

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For king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western Front

Tuesday 15 December 2015

Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, many travelling from remote villages in India to the muddy trenches of France and Flanders. In her...

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‘Over the top: a foul a blurry foul’ – the first football charge of the First World War

Friday 2 October 2015

Our collection of First World War records is one of the largest in the world. It includes, among many other documents, service records, letters, diaries, maps a...

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War Girls – poetry and prose by women in the First World War

Friday 21 August 2015

Ruth Sillers talks about, and performs extracts, from her audio book compilation, War Girls. The study is a commemoration of the remarkable and largely unsung e...

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Big Ideas: The women’s war in the Middle East – women’s First World War service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and Palestine

Friday 10 July 2015

Nadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her research examines the literature and cultural history of the First World War...

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‘The Germans are here!’ London’s first Zeppelin raid

Monday 6 July 2015

Ten months into the First World War and the feared onslaught on London by Germany’s fleet of airships – Zeppelins – had failed to materialise. The...

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Webinar: Tracing your ancestors – women in the military services during the First World War

Friday 26 June 2015

Emily Stidston hosts this webinar which introduces women’s service and other records from 1914 to 1918 and beyond. These records include Army, Royal Navy,...