BBC Radio Cornwall
Places in Cornwall that tell a story of World War One
Port Eliot Estate, St Germans: Rain of Pearls
The women who donated their jewels to fund the war effort
Cornwall: The Taunted Army
The Volunteer Training Corps protecting the Home Front
Bodmin Jail, Cornwall: Hiding the Domesday Book
One of thousands of valuable documents removed from London for safekeeping
Newlyn, Cornwall: A Rare Find
A Cornish trawler’s extraordinary catch – a rare WW1 U-boat gun
Bodmin College, Cornwall: Students and Master Lost at War
From a grammar school cricket field to the battlefields of France – a whole team lost
Herodsfoot Mill, Bodmin: An Explosive Secret
The Ministry of Munitions takes over Cornish factories for the war effort
Lelant, Cornwall: Widowed Twice by Wars
A woman whose life was profoundly affected by wars spanning two centuries
Newlyn, Cornwall: Painting a Picture of War
The artists who served and whose work was influenced by the war
Camborne RFC, Crane Park: Wartime Rugby Match
Cornwall v Devon at Ypres, Belgium in 1915
Bude, Cornwall: The Schoolboy Witness
The Bude schoolboy who witnessed coastal warfare
Nancegollan, Cornwall: Recruitment March
The Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry’s only VC winner leads a county recruitment drive
Ashton, Cornwall: The Doomed Cruise Liner
To lose one child and save another – the family caught up in the sinking of the Lusitania
Boslandew House, Paul: Quakers in Mousehole
How pacifists treated the wounded and even served on the frontline against their beliefs
Newquay Harbour, Cornwall: Rescuing Survivors at Sea
Local crab fishermen helped pull men from the water after allied convoys were torpedoed
De Lank Quarry, Bodmin Moor: Canadian Cornish
The Cornishmen who were part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Liskeard, Cornwall: Big Bang
The Cornishman who survived the largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb
Penzance, Cornwall: Fast Rise from Private to Captain
Rising through the ranks and demise at the start of one of the most famous battles of WW1
Budock, Cornwall: Letters Chronicling the War
Letters from a miner to his mother, writing about domestic issues and requesting supplies
St Ive, Cornwall: Birthplace of a Pacifist who Appealed for Peace
A heroine forgotten in Britain but honoured abroad for her efforts to end injustice
North Coast, Cornwall: Inspiration for the ‘Ode of Remembrance’
Where poet Laurence Binyon penned the iconic ‘For The Fallen’
St Agnes, Isles of Scilly: The Schoolgirl Who Was Not ‘Crying Wolf’
A girl reporting a sinking ship isn’t believed until the next day
Newquay, Cornwall: From Apprentice to War Aircraft Crew
Charlie Burns’ story
St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall: Cornish Prisoners of War
Living with the enemy - two Cornish soldiers experience German PoW camps
Liskeard, Cornwall: Female Fortitude Leading to Gallantry Awards
Nurse Dorothy Penrose Foster is one of few women awarded the military cross for bravery
