RESOURCES

This website provides you with resources for exploring and recording places, buildings, structures and earthworks associated with the First World War (WW1) and its Home Front in Britain.

The Home Front in Britain Handbook

* This latest CBA Practical Handbook forms part of the CBA-led project to record the physical legacy of the First World War on the Home Front.

Home Front in Britain

This book provides invaluable background information for anyone interested in identifying and recording remains of the Home Front and is extensively illustrated.

Copies are available via Oxbowbooks

Find out more about Britain’s First World War Home Front in this blog post by Wayne Cocroft, Historic England’s Senior Investigator. The blog can be found at Casemate UK

Wayne Cocroft’s presentation for the Home Front Legacy Day School, Waltham Abbey is now available online- The First World War: England’s Home Front Legacy

The Recording App

You will need to register to use the Home Front Legacy App.

Once registered you can log into the App.

Go to the recording toolkit for step by step guidance on how to use.

Map of sites

Look up the latest sites submitted through the project on our UK online map and see recording data, associated documents and site images.

How to use the App

The App has help notes attached as you work through the recording process. In addition we have a ‘Home front Legacy recording app manual’ for use at the day schools. This manual is updated on a regular basis and available here-

HFL Recording Manual

Site recording guide

This is currently underdevelopment, the HFL recording manual will be enhanced to include film clips showing the practical aspects of site recording.

Case studies

See the wealth of exciting projects and good practice taking place across the UK for the 2014-18 Centenary.

First World War projects

Keep up with other Home Front and First World War recording projects in Britain and follow them on social media.

Historic Environment Record services

Find out more about local Historic Environment Record services which can help you identify sites and suggest projects.

Presentations about local Historic Environment Records are a feature of the Home Front Legacy Day Schools.

Historic Environment Records and World War One- Hertfordshire HER

An introduction to HERs for the study of the First World War. Keith Elliot.

HER First World War Centenary Enhancement - Fact Sheets

Some HERs have prepared specific fact sheets relating to the First World War Centenary. These offer guidance as well as identifying potential focus for research.

Northumberland HER-HFL

Tees HER-HFL

Leicestershire and Rutland HER and the FWW

Southampton’s First World War Home Front Legacy

Site Safety

Ensure you have permission to visit if the site is on private land and that you have undertaken a risk assessment for your field work.

Desk research

View sites, records and archive materials online, and start to complete your recording form, by following our links to national and local records.

Follow the project

Upload your site photos to our Flickr page, follow us on Facebook and Twitter or subscribe to our email updates. If you are not ready to start recording yet, use this website and our social media channels to keep up with other recording projects and get inspired!

Training workshops

Join a Home Front Legacy training workshop during 2015 to find out more about how to research and record your local First World War sites using our online toolkit and app.

Ten workshops will be held in partnership with the regional CBA Groups network with the first event at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey in Essex on 25 April 2015.

Programme and booking details