Description: Walter Carter is a fictional character, telling the story of the First World War through social media, 100 years on from the day it happened
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.
Yes, there is a cast of characters, each with their own distinctive voice. By reading their comments on Walter’s pages we can join in with his friends, some in the other Services, and also his family and girlfriend as they experience life on the WW1 Home Front – and read how their stories develop too.
He tells us much more than factual information about the battlefield during the Great War and the Home Front – he talks about his thoughts, ambitions, feelings, opinions, relationships with family, friends and comrades, and how the War impacts on every aspect of his life.