Tag: First world war Audio‘The Germans are here!’ London’s first Zeppelin raidMonday 6 July 2015Ten months into the First World War and the feared onslaught on London by...VideoWebinar: Tracing your ancestors – women in the military services during the First World WarFriday 26 June 2015Emily Stidston hosts this webinar which introduces women’s service and other records from 1914...AudioOne in six: the South Asian contribution to the First World WarWednesday 13 May 2015One hundred years ago, undivided India provided Britain with a massive volunteer army in...AudioIndia in the First World WarThursday 12 March 2015The National Archives’ principal military specialist William Spencer is joined by Brigadier Brian McCall,...AudioThe huns have got my gramophone: advertisements from the Great WarFriday 13 February 2015In the nineteenth century, Britain led the world in the production of illustrated books...AudioBlack Poppies: Britain’s black community and the Great WarThursday 22 January 2015Stephen Bourne talks about his latest book, Black Poppies, published by The History Press...AudioA game for Christmas: Football on the Western Front, December 1914?Tuesday 23 December 2014Any mention of football and the First World War will evoke the Christmas Truce...AudioPutting it all together: using archives to discover your community’s involvement in the First World WarTuesday 18 November 2014The names of the First World War dead are there for all to see,...AudioThe civil service in the First World WarFriday 14 November 2014The First World War affected every sector of society, as the nation’s resources were...AudioWebinar: Tracing British battalions or regiments during the First World WarMonday 1 September 2014Unit war diaries, trench maps and photographs are just some of the sources held...AudioWar and Peace conference: Closing remarks: the First World War and intelligenceFriday 15 August 2014Closing remarks by Gill Bennett, former Chief Historian, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1995-2005. This...AudioPeacetime diplomacy and the New European OrderFriday 1 August 2014Professor Alan Sharp, of the University of Ulster, examines diplomacy after the Paris Peace... « 1 2 3 4 … 9 »