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Why did the First World War affect the people of Britain in so many different ways? At the beginning of the war society was different. For a lot of people, poverty, social and economic disruption was normal. Literacy was fairly general and the society was mainly Christian and was very religious, therefore there were frequent Bible readings. The upper classes were better classed with leisure and comfortable living conditions. They had servants, which were mainly women, who worked in the 'domestic service'. There was little mixing between domestic and industrial working classes. When war broke out in 1914, the impact was disruptive. There was a rapid increase in unemployment, especially of women who had also worked before because of poverty. The stock market crashed which resulted in food prices increasing and panic buying. The First World War affected the people of Britain in so many different ways but the question is...

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