LONDON — Tens of thousands of soldiers from Africa and Asia who died during World War I in the service of what was then the British Empire were not properly commemorated, partly because of ...

The beleaguered Conservatives need to summon the resolve of outnumbered British Empire soldiers who fought off the Zulu army, according to senior Tory Sir Geoffrey Cox. The former Attorney General ...

The remains of a British soldier killed fighting in WW1 have been laid to rest – 108 years after his death.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission honors the memory of fallen members of the former British Empire around the world. In France, 400 of the institution's employees watch over the resting ...

In the years leading up to the start of the Second World War, Britain’s empire extended to every continent on Earth. As such, British forces fought in every theatre of the conflict alongside ...

How an act of simple defiance in a remote Himalayan outpost by Irish soldiers rocked the British Empire and inspired Indian Independence. In June 1920 members of the 1st Battalion Connaught ...

What role did the British Empire and the royal family play in World War One? Find out in this year 5/6 primary history guide from BBC Bitesize.

A new British Army recruitment video shows a Muslim soldier kneel for prayer as his comrades sit in respectful silence and keep watch nearby.

Life in a Roman legion was nasty, brutish and, providing a legionary survived his 25-year enlistment, a long march to citizenship and wealth. “Legion,” now at the British Museum, is a superb ...