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During World War 1, Milton Keynes as it is now - a city and metropolitan county - did not exist but was a collection of small towns and villages. There is significant evidence of local involvement in the War, and War Memorials can be found throughout Milton Keynes.
Young Heritage Hunters worked with a group of young people from Milton Keynes Academy researching World War 1. The research included:
During the research, one of the students found postcards, medals and souvenirs from her Great-great-great Grandfather's time on the Western Front.
A Teachers' Pack has been written using the information uncovered in the project.
Students read a newspaper from August 1914 issued at the start of the war