A community's war heritage offers huge scope for research, by anyone from primary school children to veterans. War memorials, memorabilia, letters, diaries, photographs are all historical objects which can be "read" for insights into the past.

The proposals suggested here are only a few ideas as to how to use war heritage materials, including those on this site, as the basis for research projects. Many more ideas will come to mind, as you consider your own community's war heritage.

Researching a war memorial. A family's experience of war. The impact of war on a community. Researching a local war trophy.