Free learning resources from arts, cultural and heritage organisations.
23 Stories
Christmas Gifts for WW1 Troops
A wartime charity helped soldiers celebrate Christmas in the trenches
3 Images
1 Document
WW1 Medal Stories
Six of our First World War Guardians and the medals they received
27 Images
1 Interactive
10 Documents
How the First World War affected families
The aftermath of the war for soldiers’ loved ones
4 Images
First World War Charities
Helping the war effort in Hull and the East Riding
4 Images
3 Documents
Merchant Shipping During WW1
Hull merchant seamen's experiences of the First World War
5 Images
1 Document
Minesweeping During the First World War
How trawlermen of the Humber supported the Mine Clearance Service
6 Images
1 Video
6 Documents
A WW1 Campaign for Equal Pay
Learn about the Society of Women Welders' WW1 campaign for equal pay.
Working Women of the First World War
New job opportunities for women of the Humber in WW1
3 Images
5 Documents
The East Riding Yeomanry in the First World War
A soldier's experiences of wartime in the Middle East
7 Images
1 Video
1 Document
Humber Regiments on the Western Front
Different experiences of soldiers in the First World War
6 Images
1 Video
1 Document
Two 1914-1918 War Poets
Comparing the poetry of Rupert Brooke and Ferenc Békássy
11 Images
1 Document
Remembering the Leeds Pals Battalions
The Leeds Pals in the First World War
15 Images
1 Video
3 Documents
Harry Oldham Passchendaele Survivor
First World War soldier rescued from the mud of No Man's Land
4 Images
Life in WW1 Country House Hospitals
Temporary wartime hospitals created during 1914-1918
8 Images
2 Documents
10 Audio
York Minster Wafer Box
Given in memory of a soldier who died in WWI
4 Images
1 Document
WW1 Soldier Frederick Peil Saved by his Bible
German bullet lodged in the bible of a Cumbrian soldier from Ireby
3 Images
Hyman Rutstein of the Jewish Battalion
Tefillin that helped WW1 soldier maintain his faith in the trenches
8 Images
Alfie Knight's Letter to Lord Kitchener
Nine year old Dublin boy responds to WW1 recruitment drive
8 Images
Female Munitions Workers in WW1
Thousands of British women took on dangerous jobs in wartime factories
16 Images
4 Documents
Burying the First World War Dead
A Jewish grave marker reveals the story of front line burials in WW1
9 Images
Donald Simpson Bell's Victoria Cross
The story of the first footballer to volunteer in WW1
5 Images
5 Documents