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Topic: World War I

Somerset’s "thankful villages", untouched by World War I's loss

Where all who served returned home safely from the massacre of the Great War, these picturesque Sommerset villages remained unscathed.

The British community inside the Ruhleben Prison Camp

British citizens in Germany at the onset of WWI soon found themselves in the Ruhleben prison camp and created a strong community.

On This Day: British Royal family renounced their German names during World War I

The British Royal Family: From Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor - a royal renaming amidst the First World War.

Armistice Day - remembering those who died during World War One, the Great War

The "war to end all wars" ended on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month."

The fateful day: When Britain declared war and igniting World War I

The First World War, with its immense human cost and far-reaching consequences, reshaped the world and set the stage for the turbulent 20th century.

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