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Four Lives from the First World War

Four very different lives shaped by the First World War — from Gallipoli and the Western Front to a submarine mission and humanitarian service far beyond the battlefield.

Published 22 September 2026

Alfred Campbell · Cecil Foister · Charles Giles · Herbert Joseph Jacques

Four newly researched stories, tracing very different experiences of service during the First World War — from home service in Britain to the battlefields of France and Flanders, and beyond.Alfred Campbell · Cecil Thomas Foister · Charles Innes Giles · Herbert Joseph Jacques

Published 6 September 2026

David Drynan Forbes · Edward Joseph Parker
Thomas Boland · Percy Alexander Dunlop

Four very different stories of First World War service, spanning the British Army and Royal Navy and revealing the varied experiences of those whose lives were shaped by the conflict.

Published 10 May 2026

John Matheson · George Mavor
Harold Spring · James Durno

Four contrasting stories of wartime service, from a decorated Gordon Highlanders officer and a young officer of the Cameronians to service aboard a hospital ship and with the Royal Navy.

Published 16 April 2026

Frank Crossman · Robert Darling
Matthew Wardale · Randolph Rae Smith

Four contrasting stories of First World War service, from an Old Contemptible and a Scots Guardsman to an aerial photographer and a Canadian who crossed the Atlantic to serve.

Published 2 August 2025

Ronald Cameron · William Geipel
Alexander Wilson Smith · James Gill Wright

Four lives shaped by the First World War, revealing very different experiences of service on land, at sea and in the air. From Scottish and Canadian infantrymen to a young airman and a career sailor, their stories reflect the extraordinary variety of individual experiences behind the wider history of the conflict.

Published 5 April 2025