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Back in Britain

Our blog on how the First World War changed lives across Britain.

• From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 8 November 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Our Back in Britain Tumblr uses snapshots of memories, people and events to shine a light on the legacy of the First World War.

These unique stories highlight how the First World War changed the culture of Britain and its legacy today.

This blog is part of the Government’s programme to mark the First World War Centenary.

Follow the Back in Britain Tumblr to find out more about:

• Commemorating Gallipoli campaign

• How the First World War changed our medicine

• The pioneers of prosthetics and plastic surgery

• Pedal power!

• On yer bike: motorbikes in the First World War

• Recruitment boom: get yer khaki on and impress the ladies

• Pulling together: how land, buildings and vehicles became part of the effort

• Joined up communities – the Pals battalions

• Of horses and men; a country on the move August 1914

• A nation at war: how life changed on the home front

• A First World War Summer

• Lamps out over Europe

• Volunteering for Victory: how charities helped in the war effort

• The Beautiful Game

• Calling all sportsmen: how elite athletes joined the ranks in the First World War

• Mail on the front line

• How bird-brains helped to win the War

• Women come and help!

• Booklets not Bullets: The Battle for Hearts and Minds

• Marking ANZAC Day

• The Sweet Taste of Home

• The food of the First World War

• Mothers’ Day

• Women Poets of the First World War

• Women and the First World War

• Celebrating the women of WW1 to mark International Women’s Day

• The Somme to Hollywood: a journey by artificial moonlight

• Testing, testing

• Shine a light

• It’s elementary my dear Watson

• Changing times

• Then and now - Life for teenagers in First World War Britain vs contemporary Britain

• Food for thought

• The First World War’s famous faces- J.R.R Tolkien

• Christmas gifts and boxes

• The last words of fallen soldiers in the First World War.

• The First World War’s famous faces- A.A Milne.

• The history of the Remembrance Day poppy.

• How British Summer Time aided the war effort.

• The impact of Christmas cards on the First World War.

• How the First World War changed the theatre in Britain

Read Tourism Minister Helen Grant’s latest blog on the First World War Centenary.

You can also follow the Ministry of Defence we were there tumblr.

Published 8 November 2013