The Great War: The War to End All Wars

Sydney Hague (1891-1968) Sydney was born to John and Mary Hague in 1891, the eldest of 2 children although his younger brother died of...

Events Leading up to the First World War The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia on the 28th June 1914 in...

The War Poets "The First World War poets Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Graves and Rupert Brooke were the bloggers of the day....

Christmas Armistice During World War I, around Christmas Day 1914, the sounds of rifles firing and shells exploding faded in a number of...

Use of Gas in WW1 The use of gas throughout WW1 became one of the most feared weapons on both sides as a silent and often invisible...

Life in the Trenches The enduring image of the First World War is one of the soldier spending all of their time in a trench. However in...

Battle of Verdun (February –December 1916) The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of WW1 lasting over 300 days. In December 1915,...

Battle of the Somme 1st July - 13th November The battle plan for the Summer 1916 Allied offensive had been agreed in december the...

For my Year 6 History project I made a website on The Red Baron: Click on this link to view the website

Passchendaele (July to November 1917) Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig planned to break through the German lines from the Ypres Salient...