Is this wraf member my grandmother?

The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was formed in 1917, and over 5,000 women were recruited by 1919. They were known as ‘Wrens’ and took on various roles from cooks to clerks, to electricians and w

Joan Carter’s most memorable war stories centred on her time working in the NAAFI canteens. Her favourite involved her supervisor, who had taken a serious dislike to her, ordering her to shine the flo

Tracing ancestors who served in the Royal Navy is easier than ever after five major sets of records of sailors, ships and submarines were published on family history website Findmypast (findmypast.co.

HAVING compiled many poetry anthologies for children, Fiona Waters is an experienced editor. However her new collection “A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Illustrated Poetry of the First World War” is

I regularly read Family Tree magazine and am always fascinated with the old family photos analysed in Photo Corner. This digitised old photo, which was sent to me some time ago by a relative, portrays

Q I’m researching my Howell/Willington ancestors. In the 1891 census, Hannah Howell, 50, widow lived at 77 Leabrook Road, Wednesbury, with her granddaughter Hannah Howell, seven. In 1901, Hannah is at