Innovations

The little known home of the first tanks

Developing items to help rehabilitate servicemen who had lost a hand or arm

Following air raids there were blackouts, so road markings were needed in the dark

The prototype tractors that based the design of the tank

The grate that led to a lucrative enterprise

Jeweller Sharman D. Neill finds his skills in demand by the military.

Digging for glory - the Cornish miners vital to the war effort on the front line

The campaign to curb child mortality during the war, inspired by Nancy Astor

Sphagnum moss from the mires and bogs of Dartmoor aided wound care

Where 7 million soldiers’ tin hats were made and sent to the front

The Buckingham incendiary bullet that damaged the buoyant German Zeppelins

A skill unique to the Yorkshire Wolds was taken to the extreme on the Western Front

How Lincoln was involved in chemical weapons

The miracle metal without which Britain may have lost the war

The top secret mission to invent a military tank was carried out in a Lincoln hotel

The hub of British innovation in seaplanes

Chestnuts and other sources of starch collected to produce cordite for guns

Aircraft was the weapon of war, and a trainee pilot’s life was fraught with danger.

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