Ernest Wood
While the Great War may have taken place in Europe, it changed and claimed the lives of countless people far beyond this single continent. Ernest Wil…
Story created on 05/02/2014
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Irène Curie
One of the many people to dedicate their lives to others during the Great War was Irène Curie, the eldest daughter of famous Nobel Prize winners Marie…
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The soldiers' home away from home in 'Pops': a visit to Talbot House
In this month's blog post, Emma enjoys a real English Tea and discovers 'Life behind the Front' in Flanders Fields' cosiest museum: Talbot House.
Story created on 30/09/2013
John McCrae
John McCrae was born on November 30th, 1872 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada as the son of Scottish immigrants. Medicine, the army and poetry were family tr…
Marie Curie
Mary Sklodowska was born on the 7th November of 1867 in Warsaw (Poland). She was the youngest in a family of 5 children. As a young girl, she dreamt o…
Edith Cavell
The daughter of a vicar, Edith Cavell was born in Norfolk, England, in 1865. As a young woman she had a governess job in Brussels. In 1896, she decide…