Tri-Service

Bringing History to Life: WW1 in the 21st Century

The story of a soldier's life, told not through letters home, but through a Facebook page.

WW1 Soldiers Tale tells an old story through a modern medium. It seeks to capture the imagination of 13- 18 year olds using a platform they know, understand and use.

Walter is a fictional but authentic character, created from a range of historical sources, checked and verified by independent historians.

Everything that happens to him is firmly based in historical fact and contemporary accounts. Walter tells his life story for the duration of the First World War, in real-time – 100 years to the day from when it happened."

For the next four years Walter Carter, an imaginary soldier from the First World War, will post updates from the front on social media, narrating events in real time as they happened 100 years ago.