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World War One

From 1914 to 1918, the Great War affected the entire country, and Hertfordshire was no exception. Do you have letters, diaries or other records about your family’s involvement? We’d love to hear from you.

  • 'Gunner' Drunk and Disorderly in South Street
    'Gunner' Drunk and Disorderly in South Street
    Police Court appearance in his socks
  • 1st World War Troops
    1st World War Troops
    Redbourn High Street
  • A casualty of Passchendaele, 1917
    A casualty of Passchendaele, 1917
    Algernon Villiers was a young, married, man who was keen to volunteer in 1914. Amongst so many, he was killed in 1917.
  • A Cheshunt wedding in 1918
    A Cheshunt wedding in 1918
    Henry Charles Woodards & Rosa Rolls
  • A forgotten relative
    A forgotten relative
    She served as a Nurse in Egypt during WW1
  • A GRANDFATHER IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
    A GRANDFATHER IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
    How I wish I had asked more questions when I knew him
  • A Hitchin Heroine
    A Hitchin Heroine
    A pupil from Hitchin British School "does her bit"
  • A Legacy from 1919:  The Founding of Oaklands College
    A Legacy from 1919: The Founding of Oaklands College
    1919 brought the treaty of Versailles and the prospect of peace but food production continued to be a concern.   The Hertfordshire ...
  • A Letter from the Front
    A Letter from the Front
    September 1915
  • A Selection of WW1 Photographs Related to St Albans
    A Selection of WW1 Photographs Related to St Albans
    Taken from Two Unique Scrapbooks
  • A Victoria Cross of the First World War - the medal that 'starred' on the silver screen years later
    A Victoria Cross of the First World War - the medal that 'starred' on the silver screen years later
    Arthur Henry Cross V.C., M.M.
  • After the War
    After the War
    What happened to members of the Women's Land Army after the war
  • Airship Crash at Cuffley
    Airship Crash at Cuffley
    Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson
  • Armistice Day - Harpenden 1918
    Armistice Day - Harpenden 1918
    Two people met on the morning of 11 November 1918 in Harpenden. Both left a record of this encounter.
  • Army Cycle Battalion
    Army Cycle Battalion
    Redbourn High Street
  • August 1914: Watford businessman escapes Western Front by train
    August 1914: Watford businessman escapes Western Front by train
    At the very start of World War One, Watford resident Edward Theobald got more than he bargained for on his regular business trip to Alsace.
  • Auxiliary Hospitals in WW1 in Hertfordshire
    Auxiliary Hospitals in WW1 in Hertfordshire
    The need for hospitals increased as the war progressed, which resulted in the opening of auxiliary hospitals to provide nursing ...
  • Cheshunt British School 1915
    Cheshunt British School 1915
    The little girl holding the blackboard is Elsie Fitzjohn. Do you know anybody else in the picture?
  • Contrasting Tales of Troop Behaviour in Bishops Stortford
    Contrasting Tales of Troop Behaviour in Bishops Stortford
    A 'Well Done' vs Christmas Leave Cancellation
  • Cultivation of Lands Orders World War One
    Cultivation of Lands Orders World War One
    AEC 21 and 24 from Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
  • Entertaining the Servicemen
    Entertaining the Servicemen
    c.1916
  • Farming in World War 1
    Farming in World War 1
    Although farmers had been encouraged to grow more grain and potatoes, by 1917 the situation was becoming critical.  In January of ...
  • First World War
    First World War
    a study of local people from Dacorum
  • First World War
    First World War
    Dacorum places
  • Broxbourne: We Will Remember Them Project

    Broxbourne: We Will Remember Them Project (14)

    Heritage Lottery Funded community engagement project led by Lowewood Museum in 2019
  • Conscientious Objectors

    Conscientious Objectors (14)

    Hertfordshire Pacifists in World War One
  • Julian Grenfell

    Julian Grenfell (5)

    A poet at the Front
  • News from the Front

    News from the Front (4)

    Hertfordshire newspapers
  • The

    The "Seeing It Through" WW1 Community Project for East Herts (6)

    The Hertfordshire Home Front
  • The Autobiography of a First World War Soldier

    The Autobiography of a First World War Soldier (5)

    AJ King in the Great War
  • Voices of World War I

    Voices of World War I (5)

    Recordings from the war
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