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Scrap metal soldier created to mark WW1 centenary
A towering sculpture of a World War One soldier made from rusted scrap metal.
Home Front: History in the making
The team behind Home Front on creating a long-running historical radio drama.
Passchendaele: Battle centenary commemorated
Events in Ypres, Belgium, will be held in July to mark the centenary of Passchendaele.
The war unit spinning the truth in World War One
Twenty top-flight writers were recruited to work for the MI7b propaganda unit.
Children of the Somme
BBC Leeds WW1 Bradford schools project and the radio drama "Coming Home Together".
Could you hack it in a World War One tank?
Tanks were one of the most dangerous places to be in World War One.
Sunken WWI mine trawler protected
Arfon had remained untouched on the bed of the English Channel for almost 100 years.
Welsh WWI conscientious objectors listed
Wales For Peace project produces database of about 900 Welsh conscientious objectors.
As it happened: Somme centenary commemorations
Marking 100 years since the Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme: 141 days of horror
Timeline of a five month long brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front.
How did Welsh artists tell the story of WW1?
Artists documented the war with charcoal and canvas.
Wales at the Somme: Gareth Thomas and the Battle of Mametz Wood
Gareth Thomas visits Mametz Wood to unearth his great uncles' involvement in the Somme.
Voices 16
Looking back at 1916, a year that changed Ireland.
Some questions for my Somme ancestor
Jenny Leatherby's great-grandfather, Alfred Deadman, died in the battle when he was 28.
Visions of World War One
How artists like Christopher Williams and Augustus John portrayed WWI
The Somme 1916 - From Both Sides of the Wire
Historian Peter Barton explores the events of the Battle of the Somme.
Your Somme
Discover how the Battle of the Somme unfolded for people in your area.
In pictures: Battle of the Somme
Images of one of the bloodiest battles of World War One.
When London buses went from red to khaki
London buses commandeered for the war effort were used to transport troops to France.
The Somme Live Lesson
Revisiting the history of the battle and its impact on the Great War.
World War One At Home
Stories that show how WW1 affected the people and places of the UK and Ireland.
Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster?
What happened on the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army?
Forgotten Warriors of World War One
The untold story of the many black Welsh soldiers and sailors died fighting in WWI.
‘Most powerful place on the Western Front’
What was once a battle-scarred wasteland is now a neatly maintained, peaceful cemetery.
Flanders Fields
Derek Brockway tours Ypres, visiting places with a connection to Welsh soldiers.
When did Wales last have its own army?
The story of the Welsh Army Corps in World War One.
Battle of Jutland: Timeline of WW1's biggest naval clash
The failures of the British fleet at Jutland.
Did anyone win the Battle of Jutland?
Was there a victor in the only major sea battle of World War One?
Sent from the Somme
Love letters written in the trenches discovered in Belfast.
Voices of World War One
Bringing together the sound archive collections of the Imperial War Museums and the BBC.
The longest battle of World War One
The Battle of Verdun lasted 300 days and killed an estimated 800,000.
York Art Gallery hosts 'incredibly moving' World War One art
Curators say some of the works have been brought together for the first time since 1919.
Love Letters from the Front: WW1 romance dramatised
The real-life love story of an English soldier and the Irishwoman he met during the war.
WW1 from the BBC archive
Programmes from the BBC archive covering World War 1.
Our World War
Tough decisions to save or sacrifice lives.
Studying World War One
All the resources you need if you're teaching or learning about the Great War.
His boy John
Solving the mystery of Rudyard Kipling’s son.
Crumbling WW1 graffiti to be preserved
The graffiti was drawn by conscientious objectors held in Richmond Castle.
Lost WW1 German U-boat wreck found
The wreck of a World War One German U-boat is found off the coast of Norfolk.
The real-life wars of Dad's Army actor Arnold Ridley
Ridley was the only actor in the television series to serve in World War One and Two.
Sikh war memorial plan for Bristol
An estimated 83,000 Sikhs lost their lives in World War One.
Pembrokeshire's Japanese WW1 sailors to be remembered
A new memorial for sailors killed when their ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
The first 'friendly fire' victim of World War One
The story of probably the first soldier to be accidentally killed by one of his own men.
WW1 at Home Ebook
A video and audio-rich collection of stories that depicts life on the home front.
Find stories near you
Discover places across the UK and Ireland with a story to tell about WW1.
What really happened at the 1914 Christmas truce?
Was it really a symbolic moment of peace in an otherwise devastatingly violent war?
Your World War One story
How to find out what your family did in World War One.
Perilous pilots
The most dangerous position in the war?
Victoria Cross heroes of World War One
615 were awarded for the conflict, a quarter posthumously.
Rare World War One German gun saved in Campbeltown
The minenwerfer gun was a spoil of war after the conflict ended in 1918.
Royal Battle of Jutland letters to go on display
Letters written by two future kings to go on public display for the first time in May.
Zeppelin terror raids remembered 100 years on
Bombs fell on Suffolk during an attack by airships on the night of 31 March-1 April 1916.
The origins of Lord of the Rings
World War One's influence on Tolkien's classic story.
Inside the trenches: Unseen photographs
A fresh perspective on life and death in the trenches during World War One.
Somme painting centrepiece of exhibition
Painting depicting World War One battle on display at The National Museum Wales.
The war in letters
The censorship of mail to keep bad news from those at home.
What if Archduke Ferdinand had lived?
Could World War One have been avoided?
Soldier's World War One station messages published
Messages written by servicemen travelling to fight are published for the first time.
The nation's favourite game
How football played its part in World War One.
A global conflict
A battle that raged in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
The warship that still sails
The African passenger ferry with a gunboat past.
The bread and butter war
How did the war at sea cause starvation in Lebanon?
The Essay
How great artists and thinkers responded to World War I in individual works of art.
Home Front
Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front.
The war at home
Local stories of the war's impact on lives away from the battlefield.
Footballers United
An interactive drama about the women of WW1 who formed their own football teams.
The real war horses
The backbone to vast logistical operations of armies on both sides.
Irish World War One stories
Exhibition opens at Dublin's National Library.