Life and death as a soldier in the First World War

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This was produced by Liz Bregazzi at Durham Records Office for a project we were running on life for soldiers on the Western Front in World War One. It's a selection of artefacts from the archives' huge range and would be ideal for teachers looking for interesting sources to use with their class. This project also led to a great website for students and a range of resources for teachers which is well worth visiting here http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/WorldWarOneintroduction.aspx

Transcript of Life and death as a soldier in the First World War

Life and Death as a Soldier

in the First World War

Durham County Record Office

Map of Ypres and surrounding area, c1915

D/DLI 7/26/17

Soldiers in a shelter near Zevenkote Farm, 28 April 1915

D/DLI 2/6/10 (301)

Soldiers in a trench at ‘Shrapnel Corner’, near Ypres, April 1915

D/DLI 2/6/10 (307)

Soldiers in a trench at ‘Shrapnel Corner’, April 1915

D/DLI 2/6/10 (316)

Letter from Corporal Robert Constantine from the trenches at Potijze, to his brother, James, in Newcastle, 13 May 1915

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Letter from Corporal Robert Constantine from the trenches at Potijze, to his brother, James, in Newcastle, 13 May 1915

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Letter from Corporal Robert Constantine from the trenches at Potijze, to his brother, James, in Newcastle, 13 May 1915

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Letter from Corporal Robert Constantine from the trenches at Potijze, to his brother, James, in Newcastle, 13 May 1915

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D/DLI 7/137/5

Diary of Sergeant John Barclay at Potijze, Belgium, May 1915

D/DLI 7/41/1

Waiting to Move to Counter Attack, Potijze, 24 May 1915

D/DLI 2/6/10 (317)

Private Perry’s grave, Potijze Wood, 24 May 1915

D/DLI 2/6/10 (325)

Poem by Signal Sergeant J. Wilkes, May 1915

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Poem by Signal Sergeant J. Wilkes, May 1915 Pages 2 - 3

Poem by Signal Sergeant J. Wilkes, May 1915

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D/DLI 2/5/17

Aerial photograph of shell craters behind British lines at Ypres, 1915 D/DLI 2/7/18 (319)

Poem, ‘My Little Dry Home in the West, 1915

D/DLI 7/417/3

Diary of Rev. Birch, chaplain to the 5th

Battalion DLI, Ypres, June 1915

D/DLI 7/63/2

2nd Battalion DLI War Diary, Potijze, Belgium, June 1915

D/DLI 2/2/1

5th Battalion DLI Recruitment Propaganda leaflet, 31 July 1915

D/DLI 2/5/16

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5th Battalion DLI Recruitment Propaganda leaflet, 31 July 1915

D/DLI 2/5/16

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Poem about how the DLI fought at Hooge, August 1915

D/DLI 7/250/3

Mine crater at Hooge, Belgium, August 1915

D/DLI 7/87/2 (21)

2nd Battalion DLI War Diary, Hooge, Belgium, August 1915

D/DLI 2/2/1

2nd Battalion DLI War Diary, Hooge, Belgium, August 1915

D/DLI 2/2/1

Poem, c1915

D/DLI 7/332/18

Wilfrid Owen’s poem, ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’

From An Anthology of War Poems, compiled by Frederick Brereton, Collins, 1930