What was life like for a young nurse on the front line of the First World War?
What was it like to work on an ambulance train during the First World War?
The story of the ambulance train continues long after the end of the Second World War.
National Railway Museum volunteers reveal how charitable movements run by ‘lady volunteers’ brought comfort to troops fighting in the First World War.
By Alison Kay
Ambulance trains in 1914 “This is Christmas, and the world is supposed to be civilised”
We have become familiar with images of wartime Christmas truces where fighting stopped—but this certainly wasn’t the universal experience on the Western Front 100 years ago.
The most recent addition to our rare book collection is an amazing insight into the lives of people who worked on ambulance trains during the First World War.
The role of the British railways in the First World War is almost too huge to begin to contemplate—our new exhibition takes a closer look at one fascinating story.
Volunteer Alexandra Baker writes about the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ canteen at York Station during the First World War.
Archivist Alison Kay explores what our collections can tell us about life on board a First World War ambulance train.
Exploring the Wolverton Works archive, held at the National Railway Museum, reveals a darker side of rail transport.