
World War One voices: Outbreak of the Great War
What the outbreak of World War One in the UK was like for those who lived through it.
In this audio slideshow you hear voices including that of Raynor Taylor, Eleanora B Pemberton, Elizabeth Lee, Lady Angela Limerick, Vera Waite, Percy Snelling, Margaret Suttie Clenaghen,Arthur Tevendale and Olive Finch.
Audio is courtesy of the Imperial War Museum's archives. For more you can download the 'Voices of the First World War' podcasts by visiting http://www.1914.org.
Images copyright: Imperial War Musuem and Getty Images.
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