Europe
Home Guard WWII
Many people in your family history will have served in the services in the last two World Wars but how many others did their bit in the Home Guard and how do we go about tracking them down. Use local museums and archives as a starting point to finding out about those one million volunteers.
Read MoreR.E.M.E Cap Badge 1942 – 1947
The R.E.M.E cap badge belongs to a unit whose role in WWII exposed it to front line service in every major theatre of operation, from the D-Day landings to Palestine
Read MoreArmy Cyclist Corps Cap Badge
The Army Cycle Corps Cap Badge illustrates the great versatility of the bicycle in the C19th and C20th. Not only did the bicycle find it’s way onto the battlefields but it had a powerful impact on women’s rights as well. Quite an achievement for the humble bicycle
Read MorePrincess Mary’s Gift Box 1914
The Princess Mary brass tin, handed out to troops in Christmas 1914, when hopes were up that the war would be over soon
Read MoreThe Work of Emily Hobhouse
Emily Hobhouse, welfare campaigner was loved by the South Africans for the compassion and aid given to their women and children in British prisoner of war camps during the Boer War and vilified by her own people because of that work
Read MoreF.A.N.Y Women’s Transport Services Cap Badge 1933 – 1939
Do you have any women in your family tree that served in the military during WWI and WWII? If so, then the story of the women who served in the Women’s Transport Service will be of great interest as they became the parent company for women involved in espionage work in WWII.
Read MoreQueen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Cap Badge 1918 – 1920
After WWI, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was renamed the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps between 1918 – 1920. It was disbanded in 1921.
Read MoreRights of Women to Play Football 1894 – 1921
Women and football? Oh yes and when they were good they were very very good……
Read MoreCharles Dickens Jr Writes on the Victorian Sport of Boxing
A fantastic insight into the Victorian boxing world from Charles Dickens Junior’s dictionary, ‘Dickens London Dictionary’
Read MoreLady Florence Dixie journalist and feminist 1856
Lady Florence Dixie was an insightful and inspiring writer, journalist and liberal thinker. She championed equality for women and was outspoken in her support for Irish Home Rule.
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