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A description of a British infantryman's uniform and personal effects from 1914-15
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A description of the equipment a British soldier was expected to carry during 1914-15 which could all weigh up to...
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A description of a British soldier's equipment during 1916-18 showing how it adapted to suit the changing way the...
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A description of how women were given the news of their loved one's death and shows that some war pensions were...
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This short history video comes from a WW1 nurse who describes her uniform and her desire to still be fashionable even among the horrors of war.
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A description of a nurse's first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available
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A gruesome description of trench foot and frostbite together with the cause and treatment available to soldiers
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A recital of a popular WW1 song which explains why nurses became known as the "Roses of No Man's Land"
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A description of shell shock and the effect it has on soldiers. It also highlights the treatments for shell...
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A description of No Man's Land and how it came by its name; it was particularly eerie at night with long shadows...
This video covers: An overview of the different types of gas used during WW1 together with the developments of gas masks and hoods...
This video covers: A look at the development of hand grenades and the ingenuity of the soldiers who made their own.
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A description of the Lee Enfield rifle, its workings and effectiveness; so rapid was the fire that the Germans...
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A description of one of the oldest weapons still in use, the bayonet and how it was used in close quarter combat...
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A description of the Christmas Truce 1914 from a soldier of the Royal Warwicks; more an opportunity for burying...
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A description of the brass box given to every serving soldier; it explains why and what the different boxes...
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A description of a firing squad of a young seventeen year old who, although probably suffering from shell shock,...
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A description of the Lewis gunner, the first machine gunner who could pick up his gun and take it with him even...
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A description of the Lewis gun and how it was loaded and used in short bursts for the best effect and could even...
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A description of the trenches that stretched from Belgium to Switzerland which were built after the war was...