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WW1 Postcards From the Front

WW1 Postcards From the Front

KS3

Silk postcards sent home by First World War soldiers

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WW1 Medal Stories

WW1 Medal Stories

KS3 KS4

Six of our First World War Guardians and the medals they received

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WW1 Food Shortages and Rationing

KS3 KS4

The Women's Land Army - feeding the Home Front!

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Gift tin of chocolate sent to York servicemen at Christmas WW1

York Chocolate Sent to WW1 Soldiers

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Raising soldiers' morale during Christmas 1914

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External Site Links

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Red Cross database of treaties on International Human Law

WWI rationing and food shortages (Imperial War Museum)

List of WWI PoWs in Germany from Forces War Records site

Ten facts about the Geneva Convention

History and origin of the Red Cross

Preston Remembers project website

British and German POWs 1914-1918

The Hague Conventions - Wikipedia

Forces War Records - Search records on WW1 POWs