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The Illustrated First World War
« on: Wednesday 15 October 14 12:36 BST (UK) »
Hello everyone

I wanted to post today to let you all know about the WW1 centenary project I and my colleagues have recently launched.

www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com has made the entire Illustrated London News 1914-1919 archives completely free for people to access. For those of you who don't know, Illustrated London News was a very popular publication through the 19th and most of the 20th centuries and was the first newspaper to include pictures in its reporting.

On our site you can see records and stories of thousands of men, women an children who fought or aided the war. The barev exploits of VC winners were often published in the ILN as were lists of the men who had fallen that month [pictured]

ATM our website gives full access to the 1914-1919 Illustrated London News but we will soon be including the 1914-1919 editions of our other prominent WW1 publications including The Sphere, the Graphic, The Tatler, The Bystander, The Sketch, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News and The Illustrated War News (published specifically to report on WW1)

We also have a timeline, topic, titles and artists sections with material curated by myself and the heritage team. We also have a great blog filled with great WW1 facts and centenary news.
Visit www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com and check out our contribution to WW1 heritage.