World war 1 autobiography example

The centenary commemoration of the Great War of has created a focus for many official archives to bring WW1 collections of letters, diaries and autobiographical accounts together, to make them more easily available to researchers, family historians, teachers and students.

Previously unknown stories and personal experiences of this war are also being discovered by people encouraged by the commemoration to look into the history of their WW1 ancestors. Many fascinating stories about daily life on the fighting fronts and the home front are now available to read online or as published accounts.

The aim of this page is to list some of the wonderful treasures in the collections and accessible personal accounts by the people whose lives were affected by the war.

Archive Collections

Imperial War Museum, London

The Department of Documents has over 18, collections of personal papers, diaries, documents and letters.

These can be viewed by appointment.