Highlights of London's Imperial War Museum | Virtual Tour

My grandfather lied about his age when he joined the army aged 14 to escape his strict father. He ended up in the Somme. When they went over the top German guns started firing. His Sargent pushed him into a bomb crater. He stayed there shivering. After the guns had stopped he came up and saw his battalion were all dead.

I've been to IWM 3x. My last time in an exhibit of walking through WWI trenches. The second was a simulation of sitting on a Underground platform during a bombing. I have never forgotten the experience. Prince Charles had once said that only 46% of British even know their own history of wars on their soil. When I was here I was gathering information for a book I was writing about 3 children evacuated from London to the Yorkshire Dales. I self-published, but it never made the mainstream. 1500 pages of actual events. Best to you, Sinead. Jane, Philadelphia

Thanks for bringing the Imperial War Museum to our attention, Sinead. I have a brother who's into the history of war; he'll definitely want to spend a couple hours here during our upcoming trip to London.

You've given me yet another reason to return for a visit! Thank you again for another lovely walking tour!

Haven't been to the Imperial War Museum for many years. This video had made me want to go again.

The thing that struck me was that in general the people who lived through the privations of those wars were the most stoic , sweet , generous and righteous people you could meet . ✌️🕊️

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My mum was eight years old when the war started, and my dad a little older, both families lived just up the road from the war museum, Kennington underground station was almost a second home to my mum, and the Oval was my dad's "local", before she was evacuated, when an air raid warning sounded they would run like hell to get in the station, sometimes it would be full, and they would all have to get to the down to the Oval station. I was born just opposite the war museum, in a building that was originally Lambeth workhouse, and was converted for use as a hospital after they closed them all down. As kids we spent a lot of time in the museum, i can't tell you how much the place has changed over the years. Thank you for the visit, i really enjoyed it.

Hi Sinead during my basic army training we was taken to the imperial war museum just so that we got to know why we decided to serve queen and country (as was in the 1980s), just so we understood what our parents and grandparents had to live through and put up with and to show us why we made the decision to follow in their footsteps so to say

Thank you Sinead, what a wonderful museum, another one for my list if I am lucky enough to get back to England for a holiday. Much love from New Zealand x

Thank you for the wonderful video. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the museum on a trip to London several years ago. The museum is a treasure. The most amazing thing I came across is easily missed, almost hidden away in a corner hallway. It's the actual British flag smuggled out of Singapore by some POWs when the city fell and secretly used in POW funerals during the war in one of the Japanese prison camps. Lord Mountbatten had that same flag flown as he accepted the Japanese surrender of Singapore in 1945. I was overwhelmed by being so close to such an amazing piece of history.

That was a great but sad look around in the museum thank you Sinead for taking us inside.

Incredible history, also very sad, terrific tour Sinead !

Thank you so much for the virtual tour. It was fascinating!

You used to be able to walk through "Old Fred" cockpit back in the day, so many things changed since I was there last .. 1990 used to be a crystalized woman caught in an atomic blast on display there it was gone for years after .. I just got a 1920's guide book from the IWM.. Granddads medals are on display IWM Duxford Airborne Museum..

An excellent choice for a tour. I haven't been there since my mum took me in the early seventies. Your video has reminded me a visit is long overdue.

Looking lovely Sinead, thanks for the great tour :)

Fun fact you didn't mention. The IWM is in the building of what was previously the Bethlem Royal Hospital

Absolutely an amazing place!! So full of knowledge ❤ Thank you

Thank you for this amazing tour, Sinead!