| Horse chestnuts and First World War munitions
Faced with the possibility of a serious maize shortage experiments were begun to find a substitute for it in acetone production and it was discovered that the horse chestnut could be used as an alternative. |
Labour Corps
At the outbreak of the First World War the demand for unskilled labour came mainly from the Lines of Communication and the Base Ports, and was satisfied initially by fatigue parties of soldiers and French civilians. |
Medical Categories in the First World War
Each recruit to the British Army had to be graded medically. This grading was done by National Service Medical Boards, which were composed of civilian medical practitioners acting on behalf of the Minister of National Service. |
Pals battalions
Many towns and cities, mainly in the north and midlands, raised Pals battalions, including Accrington, Barnsley, Birmingham, Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield. Some were raised in the local town hall, with the cost borne by the Lord Mayor, until the War Office could take over. |
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
British service medals of the First World War became popularly known as 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred' after characters in a Daily Mirror cartoon of the period. |
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