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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 World War One with experimental medical equipment

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Soldiers in the London Hospital in Whitechapel, 1914

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A nurse on the Western Front, Christmas Day 1914

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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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Pay Sergeants of the Grenadier Guards c1860

Records of Grenadier Guards move to The National Archives

Crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VJ Day 1945 (colourised by MyHeritage)

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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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John Wedderburn, seated

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Hawker Hurricanes flying in formation during the Battle of Britain in 1940

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John Davidson

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Lancaster bomber crew

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