War and Conflict Find medals More history AllBoer WarsChildren & WarClothing & warRationingWar in artWar MedalsWar PoetryWomen & WarWorld War OneWorld War TwoWW1 - East Coast BombardmentWW1 - SommeWW1 - YpresWW2 - North African Campaign Discover ‘lucky objects’. Did this damaged water bottle save a life during World War One? Why and how did soldiers make ‘trench art’? Explore footballer Donald Bell’s Victoria Cross from the Somme Discover Victorian moustaches through portraits and cup design Make do and mend with home-made children’s toys The terrible knitters of Dent, knitting sheaths and a pair of gloves that travelled to war The Bombardment of Whitby, 1914, explored by William Scott Hodgson Learn why poppies are for remembrance, with one of the very first Discover a British World War One nurse awarded an Italian war medal This painting reveals the story of the bombardment of Scarborough Sunglasses of V.C. recipient Derek Seagrim from WW2 North African campaign How might women have felt wearing the Land Army uniform? This delightful teddy survived a German U-boat attack Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Sullivan & fundraising for the Second Anglo-Boer War This Victorian toy soldier skittle was well played with A commemorative sculpture of war poet Wilfred Owen by Anthony Padgett Explore a range of medals and their recipients’ stories Explore World War One rationing with the last loaf of bread Explore who received a British War Medal and medal iconography
