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Princess Mary's Gift to the Troops, Christmas 1914
An enduring memento of the First World War.

Rationing in Britain during the First World War
Rationing was introduced at different stages for various commodities on both a national and local scale.

Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon, one of the best known poets to emerge from the First World War, enlisted in the ranks of the Sussex Yeomanry on the outbreak of war in August 1914, and was commissioned the following year into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Tommy (Tommy Atkins)
The origins of the term "Tommy Atkins" as a nickname for the British (or rather English) soldier are still nebulous and indeed disputed.

Wilfred Owen's experiences with the Manchester Regiment
In October 1915, the poet Wilfred Owen enlisted in the Army. He was commissioned into The Manchester Regiment in June 1916, and a year later was posted to the 2nd Battalion in France.

Women's Suffrage - The Pankhursts
The Manchester Suffrage Society was one of several founded in Britain in 1867, when John Stuart Mill unsuccessfully put forward an amendment to the second Reform Bill – the amendment might have allowed women to vote.