BBC Three Counties Radio
Places in Beds, Herts & Bucks that tell a story of World War One
High Cross, Hertfordshire: First Double Victoria Cross Recipient
The brave surgeon who was awarded for putting his duty ahead of danger
Cuffley, Hertfordshire: First German Airship Shot Down on British Soil
The crash scene where all 16 Germans on board were killed
Haileybury College, Hertford: Memorial to Public School Students
Remembering a quarter of serving students who lost their lives in the conflict
Letchworth, Hertfordshire: Belgian Munitions Factory
A diamond merchant who fled Belgium and built a munitions factory
Stanley Street, Bedford: Diary of a VAD Nurse in France
Nurse’s diary gives an insight into wartime experiences of women helping on the front
Cardington, Bedfordshire: Development of Airship Technology
Britain needed a menacing rival to the German Zeppelins
Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire: Rare Police Notebooks Detail Their Wartime Duties
Records found in a police station give a fascinating insight to how WW1 changed life
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: Where the Law was Trained for War
12,000 men were to travel from Berkhamsted to fight on the Western Front
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire: Female Parachutist and Mechanic
Birthplace of fair-ground parachutist and WW1 mechanic Dolly Shepherd
Wrest Park, Bedfordshire: Military Hospital
The stately home that it was ‘not for officers’ but for the ‘ordinary soldier’
Speen, Buckinghamshire: The Horse Trust
How WW1 changed the treatment of war horses
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire: Tank Trials for Royalty
Where the British tank was invented and trialled
High Cross, Hertfordshire: Surviving Attack By Sea
The final resting place of Vice Admiral Francis Martin Leake
RAF Halton, Bucks: Aircraft Apprentice Scheme
Where 20,000 troops were training by 1916
St Albans, Herts: Scouts on Standby
The first to offer organised home front help
Foster Hill Cemetery, Bedford: Fatal Diseases Strike the Highlanders
Childhood diseases claimed the lives of 135 Scottish Highlanders training in the town
Waddesdon Manor, Bucks: From Flower Gardens to Allotments
Where the ornamental gardens were cleared to grow potatoes for the war effort
Cowbridge, Herts: Biggles' Creator's Home
The childhood home of the man who created an aviation hero
