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A military hospital, 1914

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British prisoners of war at Dunkirk.

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Western Front Association staff catalogue the First World War pensions records

Complete First World War pensions collection published on Fold3

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

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Prime minister Winston Churchill inspecting Home Guard volunteers

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22nd October 1937: Merchant Navy Cadets learning how to use a sextant at University College, Southampton. How to find Merchant Navy records

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'Scotland for Ever'; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815, Napoleonic Wars

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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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First World War nurses, Christmas Day 1914

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How to find First World War nurses’ records

Mapping Loss Lancaster University First World War

Lancaster University invite contributions to map of First World War dead

The National Roll of the First World War, which is free on Findmypast

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A First World War grave in Cambridge City Cemetery, maintained by the CWGC

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Nurses at the Sir William Hospital treat shell shock victims during the First World War with experimental medical equipment

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RAF bomber crew c1940

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Children sit in front of their bombed-out house in London's East End during the Blitz

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