
Imperial War Museum photograph Q1795. With thanks. "Soldiers pose by piles of salvage, ammunition and equipment retrieved from the battlefield near Bapaume, January 1917". Photographer Lieut. Ernest Brooks.
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I am very pleased to welcome you to the Long, Long Trail, my site dedicated to helping you discover the British army and its soldiers of the First World War. Dig in!
Chris Baker
Researching soldiers
How to research a soldier's story. Understand their life in the army. Find out where they went and how they fought.
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1st January 2021
Review of “Thousands of heroes have arisen”
28th December 2020
Evacuation of casualties from the Somme 1916
27th November 2020
Review of “Long before daybreak”
Researching the Army

Histories of regiments, units and formations; regulations and how the army worked; technicalities explained.Click for more
Researching the Battles

The British Army fought in numerous theatres of war during WW1, and in each of them a number of battles and engagements took place. Find out what and when, who took part and what happened.Click for more
Battlefields and legacy
Where were the battlefields of the Great War? What are they like today? What is the best way of visiting them?
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