The following information is for teachers to utilise in planning classroom activities. During the First World War, Britain was faced with shortages to various chemicals and components that were useful in making ammunition. In order to keep the army supplied and armed inventive solutions to these shortages were sought. The chemical Acetone was a vital component of cordite, which […]
The following is information for teachers to utilise in planning classroom activities. During the First World War, Britain faced the risk of starvation. Huge numbers of men had joined the army and, as a result, farming and agriculture risked collapse. Meanwhile German U-Boats sank ships in the Atlantic in a bid to prevent food from reaching […]
The following is information for teachers to utilise in planning classroom activities. During the First World War, Gertrude Coggins served as a ticket collector at Brighton Station. On Christmas day 1912, Gertrude received an autograph book. Through the entries in this book, we learn something of her life during the years of the First World War. […]
The following information is for teachers to utilise in planning classroom activities. Lewes resident Sidney Woodroffe was awarded the Victoria Cross for the heroism on the battlefield that cost him his life. Sidney Woodroffe was born in Lewes, East Sussex, on 17 December 1895. He was the fourth and youngest son to his parents, Henry and Clara. […]
The following is information for teachers to utilise in planning classroom activities. The use of massage as a means of treating wounded soldiers during the First World War was pioneered by the trained women of the Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps (A.P.M.M.C) under the supervision of Pauline Paget. Of the British soldiers that went to war […]
