Empire & Commonwealth: London Libraries Tour

Pocket watch case containing a photograph of Private William Henry Ellen, 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment, c1916

More details: NAM. 2001-03-194-2

The National Army Museum is taking an Empire and Commonwealth exhibition on the road to a range of libraries around London.

Over 3 million people from more than 60 different countries served alongside British troops during the First World War. A diverse range of nations from all over the Commonwealth, Empire and Dominions contributed, including: Uganda, British West Indies, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Indian Empire and New Zealand.

Explore images and stories about the vital role these soldiers made to the British war effort.

Sessions

British Empire Forces in the First World War
Robert Fleming
10 December 2015, 2.00pm

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