Places in Wales that tell a story of World War One
In Lamphey there is a grave to an unknown American sailor, a place of peculiar memories.
Lloyd George’s childhood home may provide some clues to his drive and determination.
The Marconi Transmitting Station played a crucial role during WW1, transmitting messages.
Ethé: Professor of modern European and Eastern languages became a target of the mob.
Medwyn Parry and ex-serviceman Dougie Bankcroft set out on the ‘thankful village’ tour.
The legend of Tiger, The WW1 army mascot of Penarth Pier, a black & white terrier.
The thirteen Welsh rugby internationals who died in the Great War
Many people are unaware that soldiers from Wales were sent beyond the Western Front.
It was a instant hit and written by a man from Cardiff - ‘Keep the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Fires burning’.
At the outbreak of WW1, Irving was 16 years old, he considered himself to be a man.
A solution to Britain’s loss of shipping: build ships from kits beside the River Wye.
Most soldiers killed in WW1 were buried where they fell. However some bodies came home.
William Williams, was the most decorated soldier from Anglesey during WW1.
In 1917 Private Evans was killed during the battle for Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres.
Tom looks back to the night he signed up in Llanelli.
Lost his enthusiasm for army routine, he found a means of getting a ‘holiday’ at home.
Tom Jeffreys soon became disenchanted with the sheer tedium of army life
In 1914 it was feared the Glamorgan Coast could be a landing point for a German invasion.
A group of German Naval offers attempt an escape from a prison camp on the Denbigh Moors.
Chepstow is one of the places in Britain where remains of a German U-Boat can be found.
Uncle Percy’s Room, prepared for the day he’d return from War.
The Wartime History of an entire parish recorded in wood carvings
Albany Road School: a key part of WW1 history
Clydach’s nickel refinery, a key supplier of an ingredient for tanks and battleships.
