The National Archives has launched a new First World War portal and announced its plans to mark the centenary of the First World War with an extensive programme, spanning a five-year period from 2014 - 2019.
The programme, First World War 100 , has primary sources at its heart and aims to attract a new audience for archives during the centenary, as well as offering historians and regular archive users fresh insights into this landmark conflict.
The National Archives will be exploring key aspects of the war through the themes of diplomacy, technology, home front, air and sea, peace, bravery and courage, medicine and health, and global perspectives. The first of these themes, diplomacy, will be the subject of a conference at the Kew site in June 2014.
The National Archives will also open its unique collection of millions of First World War records through a rolling series of digitised record releases, including the popular unit war diaries, online and on site events and education resources from 2014, all of which will be accessible through the new portal.
Online collections - such as medal cards, service records and prisoner of war interviews - and resources including the popular My Tommy's War blog posts form part of the new First World War portal and ongoing centenary programme to draw attention to lesser-known series of records and help people to discover the stories behind the war.
You can find out more on the National Archives website
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