WW1 ancestors

First World War soldiers at the Battle of Ypres, 1917 First World War records

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Royal Navy service records Sepia photograph of 16 Royal Navy ship's officers posed for a photograph on board ship in 1890, with the ship's cat

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Bulgarian soldiers First World War

The secret lie that ended the First World War

John Wedderburn, seated

Military What do these photographs reveal about my grandfather's service in WW1?

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Military How did my great uncle die in the First World War?

Retrieving Letters

Postal Museum launches War Heroes website and appeals for stories

Arrival of German prisoners at Pietrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, World War I, L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 21, May 23, 1915

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