The BBC points out the fact that fairly soon there will be no one left living who fought in the First World War. There is a discussion of some of the issues surrounding oral history and the war, including the attempt by historians to record individuals’ experiences while it is still possible.

World War One will soon to cease to be an event in living memory. Of the millions of men who fought for Britain, just 10 survive. Their average age is 106, and this year is seen as the last chance to make a record of what happened to them almost a century ago.

The complete article from the BBC website: “The Race to Remember”