Although it was the men who took up arms to fight the war, the people left behind on the Home Front also had their part to play. British society underwent a profound change, which continued to be felt long after peace was declared.
Soldiers
and civilians
How the war affected the men of the Lost Generation.
Mothers of invention
The changing role of women during and after the war.
Childhood under fire
Growing up during the First World War.
Your
country needs you
What part would you have played if you had lived
then?
Fit
for heroes?
Hardship and discontent in post-war Britain.
Drawing on experience
The effect of the First World War on British art and culture.
For the people, by the people
More than 37,000 memorials commemorate the fallen of the First World War.