Research a soldier
Find out how to research a soldier’s story. Understand their life in the army. Find out where they went and how they fought.
Research the army
Histories of regiments, units and formations; regulations and how the army worked; technicalities explained.
Research the battles
Which battles and engagements did the British army fight? Find out what and when, who took part and what happened.
Explore the battlefields
Where were the battlefields of the Great War? What are they like today? What is the best way of visiting them?
Latest additions
- Case submitted for recognition of a war grave: Albert Wheatley Thornton
- The training of platoons for offensive action in 1917
- The defeat of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, February 1915
- Trench mortar accident strikes “V” Battery RHA before it has fired a shot
- 3,624 casualties evacuated from a single station on one day in 1917
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