War at Home
Refugees, internment, training and protest.
Scotland, Edinburgh: James Connolly
Exploring James Connolly’s Edinburgh roots and how the Easter Rising was seen in the city
Dublin: The VTC Under Attack
The Volunteer Training Corps see action in Dublin
Scotland, Orkney: The Ness Battery
The story of remote Ness Battery, which protected Orkney’s Scapa Flow from German attack.
Scotland, Edinburgh: Quintinshill Rail Crash – Royal Scots Drill Hall
The impact of the Quintinshill rail crash at the home of the 7th Battalion Royal Scots.
St Andrews, Scotland: Sir James Irvine, pioneering WW1 chemist
The story of Sir James Irvine's pioneering chemical research at St Andrews University.
Oldcastle, Co. Meath: Enemy Aliens
In Oldcastle, Co. Meath, an internment camp was set up to house foreign nationals.
The GPO, Dublin: From Communications Hub to Symbol of Revolution
How the GPO was vital to wartime communication before becoming a symbol of revolution.
The Old Town Hall, Belfast: Fortune Tellers in the Dock
Fortune tellers are prosecuted for trying to make money from soldiers relatives.
Edinburgh, Scotland: Princess Mary Christmas Box
EH1 2NG - Princess Mary’s plan to send every service person a gift for Christmas 1914.
Blaenycwm, Monknash: Invasion Fears—World War One At Home
In 1914 it was feared the Glamorgan Coast could be a landing point for a German invasion.
Ebbw Vale Steel Iron & Coal: A Company Of Heroes
Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Company – A WW1 Power-House.
Cuffley, Hertfordshire: First German Airship Shot Down on British Soil
The crash scene where all 16 Germans on board were killed
Seaford, East Sussex: Training Soldiers for the Front
The camp where troops were trained for the front lines
Bebington Oval, Wirral: The Short Regiment
Rejection for their height didn’t hinder the patriotism of these determined men
Heligan, Cornwall: The Missing Gardener Accused of Desertion
A war widow, a tragic injustice and a reputation in tatters
Southampton Port, Hampshire: Gateway to the War
‘Port number one’ for sending millions of soldiers to the front
Steelhouse Lane Police Station, Birmingham: Rounding Up ‘Enemy Aliens’
Where more than 50 unnaturalised Germans were locked up
Northampton, Northamptonshire: Battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers Ridge
When almost 1,500 men from in and around Northampton were killed or wounded in two months
Bodmin, Cornwall: Shot at Dawn
The only Duke of Cornwall Light infantry member to be shot for desertion
Peterhead, Scotland: Imprisonment of the Scottish socialist John Mclean at Peterhead Prison
AB42 2ZX - Scottish socialist John Mclean was imprisoned in Peterhead for anti-war views.
Ardersier, Scotland: Fort George – WW1 regimental depot of the Seaforth Highlanders
IV2 7TD - The role played by Fort George in training soldiers for the Front.
Polegate, Sussex: Britain’s Most Prolific Airship Station
Combating German sea invasion
Glasgow, Scotland: Suffragettes at War
In the first World War Sisters of the Cause became Sisters at War, in more ways than one.
New Court, City of London: WW1 Recruitment for Jews
Where “Russian Subjects of the Jewish Faith” could enlist during WW1
