Welcome to fourteeneighteen

fourteeneighteen provides professional research, tour and advisory services for anyone wishing to know more about the men, events and battlefields of the First World War.


Soldiers > Read more

If you wish to know about a man who served in the Great War, we can help.

We'll find information about him.
We'll interpret complex military records and narrate his story.
We'll advise you on how you can find out more.

Sandra Leavy's feedback is typical of comments from our clients:

"Thank you so much for the wonderful report you did for me on my father's military service history in WW1. My family and I have found it compelling and interesting reading, with so much detail to 'take in'. I imagine we will be looking through it for a long time. I have been trying to find information for years, with no luck, always told that the records were destroyed during the blitz. When I came across your website and applied I really didn't hold out much hope, so when I received your report, and so quickly, I was amazed. Thanks once again".



Battles and Battlefields > Read more

If you wish to know about a unit, battle or place of the Great War, we can help.

We'll find the information you need.
We'll advise you on how best to visit the battlefields.
We'll even take you there.

Andy Norris said this after a recent tour of the battlefields in France and Flanders :

"My trip in the footsteps of the 4th Loyal North Lancs has been memorable - everything I could have hoped for and more. You have been a star! Your knowledge of the towns and villages of Belgium and France has amazed me, as has the amount of preparation that you put in on my behalf. I cannot thank you enough, and I am sure that at least some of the information which you have given me will stick - the memories certainly will".



Media and Academia > Read more

If you work in media or academia and need specialist help, we're here.

We'll find the information you need.
We'll help interpret and advise on any aspect.
We'll even make appearances.

Your researcher-in-chief

fourteeneighteen is the brainchild of Chris Baker: he is also the author of the Long, Long Trail website, founder of the Great War Forum, former Chairman of the Western Front Association and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham School of First World War Studies.

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