The production boom that fuelled the frontline
The story of how WW1 helped create Gloucestershire’s aircraft industry
The role played by a Somerset metal workforce in war and in peace
Women were increasingly taking men’s jobs to keep Britain equipped for war
Family firm that played a crucial role in supplying armed forces with boots for battle
A leading munitions centre where a quarter of British aircraft was manufactured
Saving lives on the front line by replacing soldiers’ caps with helmets
How leather from Walsall helped the war effort
Kynoch Explosives Factory was based in Arklow, Co Wicklow, during World War One.
One of the most powerful families in Staffordshire during WW1
Any British soldier who took part in the World Wars will recall Maconochie’s ration packs
A forgotten victim of the war – the lace industry
The county’s most significant contribution to the war effort was boot manufacturing
The diary of a Tiverton factory making money, munitions and history
Huntley & Palmers produced ration biscuits for British troops fighting in WW1
How Cambrian Mills weaved homespun grey cloth for a distinctly Welsh Army uniform
Little Khaki George collected money for wounded soldiers at the age of 3
Munitionettes packed explosives with the chemist who founded the Nobel Peace Prize
From manufacturing car components to ammunitions
Â鶹ԼÅÄ to the pottery that saved Britain from a national egg cup shortage
The Bristol motorbike manufacturers that impressed the MoD during WW1
Where hundreds of ships were built and repaired during World War One
Biggest explosives factory in the world was on the Scottish border
A factory producing TNT for bombs during WW1 was destroyed in an explosion in 1917
Gloucestershire’s canary girls’ war efforts from the home front
