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The Great War 1914-1918
The Wartime Memories Project is the original
WW1 and WW2 commemoration website
If you would like to send us a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and maintainance or this site will vanish from the web.
Announcements:
- New: In response to many requests, we have launched a timecapsule to preserve Stories from Other Conflicts
- Do you have an interest in a specific Battalion, Ship, Squadron or Voluntary Organisation during the Great War? Perhaps your relative served and you would like to find out more? The Wartime Memories Project are looking for volunteers to help with researching the activities of units of the Territorial Force, Regular Army, Pals Battalions, Kitchener's New Armies, Voluntary Organisations and the Ships of the Royal Navy to assist with the development of our Great War Centenary Commemorations, which will center around helping others to learn more about their own families and communities during the war. If you would be interested in helping with some research, please register on our Volunteers Page.
- Please note we currently have a large backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site.
Stories of the Great War
The aim of this website is to share stories, photographs and documents relating to the Great War of 1914 to 1918. The website was begun in 1999 and will always be a work in progress. All the entries have been submitted by the family and friends of those who served, if your relative is not listed, please complete this form so that they can be added to the site.
Please select from the following sections:
- Allied Army
- Central Powers Army
- The Royal Flying Corps & Royal Air Force
- The Imperial German Air Service
- Prisoners of War
- The War at Sea
- Central Powers' Navy
- Training for War
- Battles
- Hospitals
- Civilian Service and Voluntary Organisations
- Civilian Life
- Day by Day
- Those Who Served In alphabetical order by surname.
- Help and Family History FAQ's
- Library
Did you know? We also have a section about World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.
Celebrate your own Family History
Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc.
Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains numerous diary entries, personal letters and other documents, all transcribed into plain text.
Did your relative serve in the forces or on the home front? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards autograph books or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial?
Do you know the location of a Great War Roll of Honour?We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember.
Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.
Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice.
The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers.
This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions.
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running.
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