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Shock of War 1914
(History)
The opening months of the First World War caused profound shock due to the huge casualties caused by modern weapons. Losses on all fronts for the year 1914 topped five million, with a million men killed. This was a scale of violence unknown in any...
Trench Warfare
(History)
Soldiers had dug trenches in wars long before 1914, and they would continue to dig them in other wars after the armistice of 1918. However, the association with the Western Front has proved enduring; the image of men living in muddy trenches under...
The Battle of the Somme
(History)
A joint operation between British and French forces, the Battle of the Somme was intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front after 18 months of trench deadlock. For many in Britain, the resulting 1916 battle remains the...
The Christmas Truce
(History)
During the autumn and winter of 1914, much of the front line in France and Flanders had turned into a muddy morass. The intensity of the fighting declined as men struggled to maintain their trenches and keep dry, and the first Christmas of the war...

Trenches - The Story of World War I (3DVD)
(Boxsets)
Trenches - The Story of World War 1 examines the entire history of World War 1 from the causes that led to its outbreak; the horrors of trench warfare; through to the jubilant celebration of the armistice. This special DVD collection features over seven...
Trench Warfare Coin Set
(Best of British)
This original George V halfpenny is held in a clear blister on a card. The card has an image of British troops preparing to charge on the front and historical information on the reverse.
War in the Trenches
(Military History DVDs, CDs and DVDs)
Featuring archive footage and photographs, dramatised "eye-witness" accounts, detailed descriptions of life for an everyday soldier, poetry and songs. Narrated by Terry Molloy. Running Time - 55 minutes
The Trenches (My Story)
(Books, Children)
It's 1917 and Billy Stevens is a telegraph operator stationed near Ypres. The Great War has been raging for three years when Billy finds himself taking part in the deadly Big Push forward. But he is shocked to discover that the bullets of his...

KIT
(souvenirs and ephemera)
trench mirror with case
Trench
(art)
image: A view along an empty trench fortified with wooden supports, curving around a corner. A path of duckboards runs along the trench floor and in the foreground is a pile of sandbags. A piece of cloth hangs from one of the wooden supports about half...
Black and white
(photographs)
German machine gun as captured in trench.
Footwear: British
(equipment)
First World War period British Army issue 'trench waders'. Waders were classified as trench stores and issued to soldiers engaged in duties that required them to work in deep water and mud - especially common in the trenches during the winter...

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