The Illustrated First World War

The Illustrated London News has made available their 1914-1918 archives on a free website at http://www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com/

ILN was awarded £96,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to create a free-to-access website, which will host the digitised wartime magazine pages of a range of titles and rare pictorial material.

From the website - 

"With the centenary of the First World War upon us, ILN Ltd, the custodians of the celebrated Illustrated London News and Great Eight Illustrated Magazine collection archives, felt a responsibility to make the 1914-18 archives available to the public for research, education and pleasure. With the help of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Illustrated First World War website was created.

Today, for the fist time in 100 years, the public are invited to search the First World War pages of The Illustrated London News.

In the coming months

The Illustrated War News and the wartime years of The Sphere, The Sketch, The Tatler, The Bystander, The Graphic and The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News will come online to complete this unique digital collection covering the First World War. To enhance the user experience, we will be adding new functionality, including advanced search functions.  Should there be a demand, our teaching pages will also develop over time."