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Archive for 2014
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2014The National Archives-Explore our collection of First World War records
Friday, December 5th, 2014UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014This collection contains records of people who served in WWI and were entitled to medals and awards. Records include details such as name, rank, unit, and possibly other service details. for more click here
Let’s Remember Together
Friday, November 7th, 2014The Lives of the First World War community of over 50,000 people are remembering and sharing online the Life Stories that are their connection to the First World War. for more click here
xplore our collection of First World War records
Thursday, November 6th, 2014We hold the official UK government records of the First World War, including a vast collection of letters, diaries, maps and photographs. for more click here
Explore Your Archive
Thursday, November 6th, 2014A world without records is a world without memory. for more click here
Inside the royal tour…that happened more than a century ago: Rare photos of Edward VII’s 1862 visit to the Middle East go on display
Thursday, November 6th, 2014Royal tours are often thought to be a modern phenomenon but as these rare photos demonstrate, the Royal Family has been travelling abroad on diplomatic missions for hundreds of years. for more click here
Incredible collection of first ‘tabloids’ which reveal crimes and dying confessions of hanged 18th century convicts due to be sold at auction
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014An incredible collection of the earliest tabloid ‘newspapers’, which detail the shocking crimes and dying confessions of hanged 18th century convicts, are due to be sold at auction next week.
The so-called ‘Execution Broadsides’ – which usually consisted of just a single sheet of paper – documented the gruesome and gory facts and rumours which surrounded public hangings. for more click here
Honouring Remembrance Day
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014This Remembrance Day, find your ancestors who served during WWI by searching the largest online collection of military records, starting right here. for more click here
Was this THE greatest escape of WW2? How dozens of Allied PoWs scaled wire at Nazi camp using four huge ladders they had made and disguised as bookshelves
Monday, November 3rd, 2014The story of the greatest escape of World War II has been told for the first time. for more click here
