BBC Hereford & Worcester
Places around Hereford & Worcester that tell a story of World War One
Stanbrook Abbey, Worcestershire: Nuns Hiding From War
Limited contact with a world at war
Holme Lacy House, Herefordshire: A Family Broken By War
How the grand family home became a place of tragic memories
Abbey Manor, Evesham: Where Every Injured Survived
The makeshift war hospital successfully treated all 3,600 injured soldiers
St Margaret’s Church, Herefordshire: Mother’s Love
The mother who travelled from the Black Mountains to France to nurse her son
Hereford Racecourse, Hereford: Camp for Troops and Horses
Formerly home to more than 3.500 soldiers and 2,000 war horses
Kempsey Church, Worcestershire: Three Brothers Killed in Six Months
The bell-ringing brothers who left their mark on the church they loved
Knil and Middleton on the Hill, Herefordshire: The Thankful Villages
All the men from two Herefordshire hamlets returned home to farm
Redditch, Worcestershire: Enfield Motorcycle Factory
Front line motorcycles that had global appeal
Tiddesley Woods, Hereford and Worcester: Pershore Plums
How plums from Pershore helped to feed Britain during the war
New Road, Worcester: From Opening Bat to the Front Line
How WW1 tore Worcestershire County Cricket Club apart
Leintwardine, Herefordshire: From Forge to Frontline
The story of the Malpas brothers who were affected by war in very different ways
Upton Bishop, Herefordshire: The Disenchanted Soldier
Why this soldier became disenchanted from politics and institutions
Rotherwas Munitions, Hereford: How Factory Work Affected Health
They filled 70,000 shells a week but canary girls paid the price with their health
St Paul’s Church, Worcester: A Cleric at War
Worcester's Woodbine Willie and the church on the front line
Wyld’s Lane, Worcester: Vesta Tilley
The music hall star who recruited hundreds for the front
Malvern, Worcestershire: Belgian Refugee Adopted By Locals
A local couple adopt the child of a Belgian refugee and a soldier from the Congo
Kidderminster, Worcestershire: Schoolboy to Australian Infantryman
From Australia, to Egypt to France – a soldier’s soldier
Garrick House, Hereford: Tragic End to a Fundraiser
A charity concert for troops that ended in tragedy
Kinsham, Herefordshire: Tribute to the Fallen
How a Herefordshire hymn became the worldwide requiem to the fallen
Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire: Tragedy Inspires Elgar's Masterpiece
Britain wasn’t always “Land of Hope and Glory” for this famous composer
