Tag: First world war On the RecordColonial Office RecordsThursday 25 August 2022The Colonial Office was the government department responsible for Britain’s colonies at various points...VideoTop level tips: First World War army recordsTuesday 29 September 2020Do you have an ancestor who served in the Army during the First World...On the RecordSpies: Lawrence and BellThursday 9 May 2019The exploits of T.E. Lawrence are legendary. Thanks to the famous film ‘Lawrence of...Audio‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017In a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when...AudioBombs, bulls and civilian braveryTuesday 4 July 2017In this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about...Audio‘A Bit of a Scratch’, a radio drama about the battle against Venereal Disease during the First World WarFriday 16 June 2017‘A Bit of a Scratch’ explores the first recorded prosecution under the Venereal Diseases...VideoSomme TalesTuesday 8 November 2016Funded by the Friends of The National Archives, Somme Tales is a creative project...VideoChanging the Landscape: In conversation with Sarah KoganFriday 1 July 2016Artist and curator Sarah Kogan in conversation with our Records Knowledge Manager Kate Wheeler,...AudioFor king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western FrontTuesday 15 December 2015Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, many travelling from...Audio‘Over the top: a foul a blurry foul’ – the first football charge of the First World WarFriday 2 October 2015Our collection of First World War records is one of the largest in the...AudioWar Girls – poetry and prose by women in the First World WarFriday 21 August 2015Ruth Sillers talks about, and performs extracts, from her audio book compilation, War Girls....AudioBig Ideas: The women’s war in the Middle East – women’s First World War service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and PalestineFriday 10 July 2015Nadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her... 1 2 3 … 9 »