Remembrance

1918 - 2008: Ninety years of Remembrance

The aim of the BBC Remembrance coverage is to encourage individuals and families to look into the stories and documents of their relatives who served in the First World War through events and other services.

Horrible Histories (c) Martin Brown

Visitors will be able to post their family artefacts, photographs and memories at bbc.co.uk/remembrance on the wall of remembrance.

• Do You Have Something to Share About WWI? BBC Remembrance Weekend Events at the Imperial War Museum North on Saturday 8th November 2008, 11am - 4pm

Horrible Histories: Frightful First World War

Messages from the Front Line

Between Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day (8 - 11 Nov), mobile phone users can sign up to receive one daily text message telling the real story of a World War One soldier from their region.

James Howarth of the Royal Fusiliers

You can follow them from enlistment to the dangers they faced in combat. And finally on Remembrance Day, find out whether he survived the war.

To sign up for this service text WW1 followed by a SPACE and the FIRST HALF of your postcode to 88822.

Ancestry: trace your family war hero

The family history website ancestry.co.uk is waiving its usual fee for the whole of November and making its World War One record collections free to search and view.

You'll be able to search for your relatives who served in the World War One and then view images of the actual records free from the 1st to 30th of November.

You will need to register for free with ancestry.co.uk with your name and e-mail address. You will then be sent a user name and password to access the records.

NB. the Service Records consist only of surnames A-H with surnames I-N to be available by mid-November. (The collection will be complete by early 2009)