Preview Stories for June 2014

Today’s pupils remember their counterparts of 100 years ago

More than 105,000 of the Australia and New Zealand Corps stayed in Weymouth during WW1

Attempting to recreate the taste of the main supplier of jam to the WW1 front line

From a hospital in her ancestral home to running an Anglo-Russian hospital in Petrograd

J D Fergusson, one of the Colourists, and his attempt to avoid conscription.

How leafy Shropshire is linked to a reggae superstar

The donation to Bristol from the wealthy Wills family

The Caton nurse who was awarded a French medal for her war efforts in France

The Great Northern Railway converted nine of its carriages into an ambulance train.

The Eagle Hut in Aldwych was a place where American troops could stay and relax.

One of Whitehead's spacious residences was a refuge for soldiers' children.

Boots’ first staff magazine was published during to communicate with staff

Hawkcraig in Fife was the location of the hydrophonetraining station, HMS Tarlair.

War poet Joseph Lee had a great reputation but fell into obscurity when the war ended.

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

In 1924 ex-servicemen made a memorial from snow at Newtownards Bowling Green.