Forgotten Soldiers Of WWI
They are about 1000 now and they went to fight for their country during the First World War. However, the respect they earned in the…
Stories Of 1916 Irish Volunteers Stored In New Digital Archives
The first collection includes more than 10,000 documents on servicemen and women of the Irish Volunteers, Citizen Army, Hibernian Rifles, the Irish Republican Army, Cumann…
Sergeant Cavinder: One Man’s Story of Compassion and Brutality in the Trenches
The Hull Daily Mail reported a story that shows both the brutality and compassion that took places during the First World War Sergeant Len Cavinder…
WWI Tank Returns to Hinckley
The Hinkley Times ran a report on January 12, 2014 about a WWI tank that arrived to commemorate the beginning of the war. February 3,…
NO PARACHUTE – Review by Mark Barnes
NO PARACHUTE Arthur Gould Lee Grub Street ISBN: 978 1 90916 604 2 Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online Arthur Gould Lee had…
DVD Review: MONS 1914 – By Phil Hodges
MONS 1914 Pen & Sword Military 90mins Review by Phil Hodges for War History Online Mons 1914 reads the title of the DVD and just so…
WWI Tribunal Records Documenting Appeals Against Conscription Now Digitized
The UK’s Express brings a story of 8,000 recorded attempts to avoid conscription during WWI. These tribunal records have been released online on January 22nd…
100th Anniversary of WWI and Germany Has No Plans
The Local reported on January 13, 2014 a story regarding Germany’s official plans to commemorate the century anniversary of World War One. Although most of…
10 Remarkable Laws during WWI
Wars could bring about a number of surprises and the ten laws below, passed during WWI with some still in effect in Britain up to…
The Royal Mint Releases a Coin of Lord Kitchener to Mark 100th Anniversary of WWI
The Herald Scotland recently reported the Royal Mint’s newly issued commemorative £2 coin that shows an image of Lord Kitchener and the words “Your country…
Sex and the Somme- officially sanctioned brothels in France during WWI
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Allied soldiers during WWI tried to utilize their next few mortal days (2) History of prostitution extends to…
Vienna: The World War One Centenary
However, the situation isn’t as upsetting as it was a century ago, when racial and ethnic disputes and riots raged. In front of Cafe Prueckl,…