McMaster is digitizing its collection of more than 1,350 First World War trench maps and 580 aerial recognizance photos in time for the 100 {+t} {+h} anniversary of the start of the Great War.

To mark Remembrance Day, a five-by-four-metre trench map of the Vimy Ridge battle site is hanging in the entrance of Mills Memorial Library at McMaster University.

One element of trench life that was particularly grim, according to British soldiers, was the food. Fresh fruit, vegetables and meat were hard to come by so Tommy’s had to make do with tinned ...

Trench warfare came to define the fighting during World War One. Find out about what life was like for soldiers in the trenches in this BBC Bitesize 3rd level History article.

World War 1 saw the adoption of the shotgun for military units. A nasty thing called the “trench sweeper” that the Germans lodged a diplomatic complaint against for being just too brutal.

A World War One trench system has been recreated near Ullapool as part of a school history project. P7 pupils from Ullapool, Lochinver, Achultibuie, Badcaul and Scoraig primaries in Wester Ross ...