Free learning resources from arts, cultural and heritage organisations.
23 Stories
Christmas Gifts for WW1 Troops
A wartime charity helped soldiers celebrate Christmas in the trenches
3 Images
1 Document
WW1 Medal Stories
Six of our First World War Guardians and the medals they received
27 Images
1 Interactive
10 Documents
How the First World War affected families
The aftermath of the war for soldiers’ loved ones
4 Images
First World War Charities
Helping the war effort in Hull and the East Riding
4 Images
3 Documents
Merchant Shipping During WW1
Hull merchant seamen's experiences of the First World War
5 Images
1 Document
Minesweeping During the First World War
How trawlermen of the Humber supported the Mine Clearance Service
6 Images
1 Video
6 Documents
Working Women of the First World War
New job opportunities for women of the Humber in WW1
3 Images
5 Documents
The East Riding Yeomanry in the First World War
A soldier's experiences of wartime in the Middle East
7 Images
1 Video
1 Document
Humber Regiments on the Western Front
Different experiences of soldiers in the First World War
6 Images
1 Video
1 Document
Two 1914-1918 War Poets
Comparing the poetry of Rupert Brooke and Ferenc Békássy
11 Images
1 Document
Remembering the Leeds Pals Battalions
The Leeds Pals in the First World War
15 Images
1 Video
3 Documents
Harry Oldham Passchendaele Survivor
First World War soldier rescued from the mud of No Man's Land
4 Images
Life in WW1 Country House Hospitals
Temporary wartime hospitals created during 1914-1918
8 Images
2 Documents
10 Audio
York Minster Wafer Box
Given in memory of a soldier who died in WWI
4 Images
1 Document
WW1 Soldier Frederick Peil Saved by his Bible
German bullet lodged in the bible of a Cumbrian soldier from Ireby
3 Images
Hyman Rutstein of the Jewish Battalion
Tefillin that helped WW1 soldier maintain his faith in the trenches
8 Images
Alfie Knight's Letter to Lord Kitchener
Nine year old Dublin boy responds to WW1 recruitment drive
8 Images
Female Munitions Workers in WW1
Thousands of British women took on dangerous jobs in wartime factories
16 Images
4 Documents
Burying the First World War Dead
A Jewish grave marker reveals the story of front line burials in WW1
9 Images
Donald Simpson Bell's Victoria Cross
The story of the first footballer to volunteer in WW1
5 Images
5 Documents