BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Places in Cambridgeshire that tell a story of World War One
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire: Quest for Peace
The Quaker nominated for a Nobel peace prize
Sawtry, Huntingdon: The VC Cockerel
The award-winning fundraising cockerel
Wimblington, March: Soldier Believed Missing is Later Found
The soldier who landed in Australia after swapping uniforms with an Aussie
Kings Cliffe, Peterborough: Herb Collection
Kings Cliffe teacher supplies chemists
Christ’s College, Cambridge: Bespoke Innovation for Debilitated Soldiers
Developing items to help rehabilitate servicemen who had lost a hand or arm
St Ives All Saints Parish Church, Cambridgeshire: Fatal Church Collision
The pilot who died after crashing in to the church steeple
Manor Drive, Peterborough: Baking Bread for Soldiers
Feeding an army at the front line
Papworth, Cambridgeshire: TB Treatment
Providing remedial care for TB sufferers
Soham, Cambridgeshire: Selling Blood for Fertiliser
Selling blood for fertiliser and saving fat for face creams
Cambridge University, Cambridge: Shell Shock
How a Cambridge psychologist helped suffering soldiers
Grantchester, Cambridgeshire: Rupert Brooke, The War Poet
Rupert Brooke was the first of the famous war poets to die during the war
Cambridge University Library, Cambridgeshire: First Great Eastern Hospital
Where medical students were encouraged to get first-hand experience of treating wounds
Duxford, Cambridgeshire: Training War Pilots
How the Duxford pilots learned to fly in just 20 minutes
Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire: Remembering the Regiment
‘One of the finest feats of arms in the history of the British Army’
Eye, Cambridgeshire: Eye Patriotic Association
‘Big society’ idealism 100 years before it became a modern political term
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Westgate Riot
The businessman who was forced to flee after rumours about him sparked riots in 1914
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire: Portholme Aerodrome
Two flying boys set up an aircraft company and one receives first WW1 air Victoria Cross
Cavendish College, Cambridgeshire: Innovation in Sound Detection
Development of methods to track enemy positions
Ridley Hall, Cambridgeshire: Cadets Produce Satirical Magazines
Capturing the lives of cadets through song, word and image
Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire: Officer Training
From a centre of academic excellence to a military training camp



















