World War One

Resources for teaching, learning and research - made possible by Jisc

The matchbox story

Bringing a WW1 story to life - via the Great War Archive

Wales at war

Collection explores Welsh life, language and culture in WW1

WW1 poster: Another call "More men and still more until the enemy is crushed" Lord Kitchener

Centenary learning and teaching resources

Audio, video, images, maps and more

Poster montage used to promote the World War 1 Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings project

Innovators, explorers, peacekeepers

Discover the lives of serviceman and their families

Photograph of Lt Cdr Edward Courtney Boyle on deck of RN submarine E 14 (photograph stopped by censor)

Access 200,000 WW1 resources

MediaHub collections include: Wellcome, Channel 4, Getty Images, Imperial War Museum and ITN

The Scottish Women's Hospital: In the cloister of the abbaye at Royaumont. Dr Frances Ivens inspecting a French patient

Video: the great poets of WW1

Collection includes works from Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves and Vera Brittain

Mapping WW1

War graves

With this series of Google maps, you can now visualise the Commonwealth cemeteries, burial plots and memorials across the globe for those who lost their lives as a result of World War One.

Flu pandemic

You can also view the map of the Spanish flu pandemic, which can be used as a simulator for teaching, made available by the same project.

Yorkshire war graves and memorials

Augmented reality

Experience life underground during WW1

Simulation of life underground during World War I

3D simulation of gas warfare