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In their own words: collecting experiences of the First World War

This project aims provide context for an individual's experience of WWI by linking to personal narratives written by people in the same situation. By the end of this project, someone who wants to research a soldier in WWI but doesn't know a thing about how armies were structured should be able to find a personal account from someone in a similar role written at about the same time and place. We'll never really know what it was like for those who experienced the First World War, but we can come closer to understanding it by collecting the words they left behind.

Find out more about this project.

How you can help

In this phase of the project, the aim is find a personal narrative - a diary, letters, memoirs or images - for each military unit in the British Army. Populating the lists of battalions and linking the numerous personal and official diaries, letters, memoirs, etc already online is a huge task and it can only be done with your help. Help us share the soldiers' experiences of WWI in their own words by adding links to their diaries or letters to their battalion or regiment's page.

Anyone can request an account for this wiki (but not you, spam bots!) to help out. If you get stuck, just drop me a line; I'm @mia_out on twitter.

Have you got a few free minutes to take on a small research challenge?

Getting started is easy:

  1. Take one of the personal diaries, letters or memoirs listed
  2. Match its author with a regiment or battalion.
  3. Send in the results via this form or edit the wiki directly to add their diary to the relevant battalion or regiment page


See Frequently asked questions and site help and How you can help for more information.

You can see the difference that contributors so far have made on pages like Battalions with personal narratives.


header_logo.png This project is part of a Transnational Research Fellowship with the CENDARI project at Trinity College Dublin's Long Room Hub. Further information is available on the 'about' page of this wiki.