In honour of Remembrance Day, this week the Forces War Records team paid a visit to the grave of Henry John ‘Harry’ Patch, the last survivor of the trenches of the First World War.
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The Battle Of Loos 1915 – WW1 Battle of Loos War Records
It could have been the battle that hastened an Allied victory and the end of the Great War, but the Battle of Loos is instead remembered for its missed opportunities, faulty tactics and the first use of chlorine gas in battle by the British. The bravery o
WWI Wounded Records – WW1 Shrapnel Wounds & Injuries
World War I resulted in huge losses of life with an estimated 10 million military deaths and another 20 million injured. Cenotaphs remember nearly a million British soldiers who died in World War One and more than twice as many were injured — however, the