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World War One

  • Peace Celebrations
    Peace Celebrations
    1919
  • Peace Celebrations
    Peace Celebrations
    1919
  • Photo of The War Memorial, Berkhamsted taken from The Court Cinema.
    Photo of The War Memorial, Berkhamsted taken from The Court Cinema.
    A picture of Berkhamsted War Memorial taken in the 1950s from beside the projectionist room at The Court Cinema where ...
  • Pirton - a Village in Anguish
    Pirton - a Village in Anguish
    The story of the 30 men from a Hertfordshire village who died in WW1
  • Puttenham is Thankful
    Puttenham is Thankful
    Church Plaque
  • Recruitment of women farm workers in WW1
    Recruitment of women farm workers in WW1
    By 1915 the population were feeling the effects of war with  food a serious concern.  The Germans were using blockades ...
  • Schooldays during World War 1
    Schooldays during World War 1
    Remembering the Battle of Jutland Children were frequently reminded of the war by calls upon their pocket money. The log book ...
  • Schooldays in 1917
    Schooldays in 1917
    Air raids and food production affected the daily lives of many Hertfordshire children. Fundraising and support for the forces Calls upon children’s ...
  • Shingle Hall
    Shingle Hall
    Night Landing Ground
  • Soldiers' Musings:1914-18
    Soldiers' Musings:1914-18
    A fascinating autograph book was donated to us at Hitchin Library in 2003 which was compiled by a Hitchin resident, ...
  • The Christmas truce of 1914
    The Christmas truce of 1914
    Witnessed by a Bishops Stortford soldier
  • The experiences of a cavalryman and his sweetheart during the First World War
    The experiences of a cavalryman and his sweetheart during the First World War
    A 'bitter-sweet' account passed down through a grand-daughter and resident of Ware
  • THE GREAT WAR
    THE GREAT WAR
    Recruiting in Watton at Stone
  • The Hertfordshire Militia
    The Hertfordshire Militia
    The Regimental mascot
  • The Herts At War Project
    The Herts At War Project
    The Hertfordshire Related Men and Women of the Great War
  • The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 - 1919
    The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 - 1919
    2018 will see the centenary of the signing of the Armistice but also of the single largest demographic disaster of the 20th ...
  • The Pride of Pirton
    The Pride of Pirton
    Our men of the First World War 1914-1918
  • The Standing Stag
    The Standing Stag
    A proud monument to Hertfordshire valour
  • The War Memorial
    The War Memorial
    Redbourn, 1920s
  • The War Memorial, Redbourn
    The War Memorial, Redbourn
    1920
  • Tring's Victoria Cross Winner
    Tring's Victoria Cross Winner
    Private Edward Barber, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards Edward Barber was born in Tring in 1893 and was the son of a ...
  • War Memorial
    War Memorial
    Redbourn, avenue of elms
  • Wartime Potters Bar
    Wartime Potters Bar
    Park Avenue
  • Welwyn 1916
    Welwyn 1916
    At the beginning of the year the  postal service was an important agenda item for the Welwyn Parish Council.  The ...
  • Voices of World War I

    Voices of World War I (5)

  • The Autobiography of a First World War Soldier

    The Autobiography of a First World War Soldier (5)

  • The

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

  • 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
  • Julian Grenfell

    Julian Grenfell (5)

  • News from the Front

    News from the Front (4)

  • Conscientious Objectors

    Conscientious Objectors (14)

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