Acknowledgements & useful links

BBC Schools World War One Primary and Secondary — Assembly packs and other resources, on the themes of remembrance, commemoration and peace, aim to help students reflect on the 2014 centenary of World War One.

Birmingham and the first world war photo album — BMAG prepare a collection of objects associated with Birmingham and it's people during the first world war (1914-1918).

Birmingham Children of War — A Friends of Birmingham Archives and Heritage project exploring the lived experiences of children born or living through the First World War in Birmingham, England

Birmingham in the First World War — Images from 'Voices of War' exhibition prepared for slideshow at Kings Heath Primary School, 2016

Birmingham Newspaper Articles — A great place to search for newspaper articles anywhere in the UK

Commonwealth War Graves Commission — The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ensures that 1.7 million people who died in the two world wars will never be forgotten. They care for cemeteries and memorials at 23,000 locations, in 154 countries.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission website — Details of CWGC cemeteries, burial plots and memorials register - records details of Commonwealth war dead so that graves or names on memorials can be located.

Correspondence of Oliver William Banwell — Oliver Banwell (1877 - 1961) was a school teacher at Stirchley Street School, Boys Department. In 1917 he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector, but was later released and enlisted. The correspondence includes letters from his mother and brother and friends, letters to his mother from prison and camp, mostly 1917 - 1919.

First World War Memorials programme — The First World War Memorials Programme aims to engage the public with their war memorial heritage and to ensure as many First World War memorials as possible are in good condition by the end of the centenary in 2018.

First World War resources at the Library of Birmingham — The extensive archive, photography and special collections of the Library of Birmingham can give us an insight into how the First World War was experienced by the people of Birmingham.

Private Fred Andrews, Tank Corps, dies first day of the Battle of the Somme — BMAG been prepare for an exhibition about Birmingham men who served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the first world war. Blog posts looking at the stories of men who lost their lives from Birmingham.

Untold Stories — Birmingham's wounded soldiers from World War One

Voices of War and Peace — Voices of War and Peace: the Great War and its Legacy offers research support and guidance for community groups around the First World War.

World War One in Handworth — Rookery School has a war memorial in its Red Hall, and a school logbook dating back to World War 1. Working with Year 6, Secret City traced two soldiers and pieced together archive materials and historical artefacts