Places in Coventry & Warwickshire that tell a story of World War One
How the news of the end of the war was received across Warwickshire
Food shortages that led to desperate measures
The estate that was once a Red Cross war hospital
Soldiers came from far and wide to be treated for at these lavish convalescence centre
Establishing Coventry City Ladies at the end of World War One
When allied troops from Egypt took Nuneaton by storm – especially the local women
Diaries of a wealthy Warwickshire woman that paint a picture of local life during WW1
Dealing with men who appealed against conscription
The better ‘ole of Old Bill
Hitler displayed a picture of the man who he claimed saved his life
The buses that came and then went to the front line
Graphic descriptions of trench life by a postman serving on the front line
A leading munitions centre where a quarter of British aircraft was manufactured
Sikh soldiers like Maghar Singh are commemorated by a 22ft memorial in Coventry.
The Buckingham incendiary bullet that damaged the buoyant German Zeppelins
Supporting the British king against his home country
From manufacturing car components to ammunitions
Changing attitudes towards women working on farms
A renowned wartime song written in a Balsall Common pub
A schoolboy’s wartime mission to get home from Germany