Ep.249 – The Illustrated Chronicle during the First World War

Historian Peter Welsh talks about his research into the daily Northumbrian newspaper, the Illustrated Chronicle, and the coverage before, during and after the Great War.

This paper ran from 1910 to 1925 and Peter has compiled a database of all 29,402 images of soldiers that appeared in the publication. He discusses the role of the paper in local community life and the men who appeared in its pages.