The First World War saw millions of soldiers killed and wounded on both sides, and many British troops did something unusual ...

In an article written in 1973 for the Great Western Echo magazine, Charles Sherrington, a former serving officer with the ...

Most war memorials follow a traditional formula. They are either imposing pieces of stone, proud and tall, in the centre of a community, or they ...

On Nov. 7, 1918 many newspapers declared that the World War was over, following a United Press report out of France. But it ...

In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill changing the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day.

With help from the Kenyan Defence Forces, the CWGC recently unearthed a treasure trove of rare colonial military records in ...

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Tuesday we celebrate veterans and the contributions they have made to keep ...

We walk through a full day in the life of a British soldier on the Western Front—from the dreaded “stand-to” at dawn and the morning hate, to rum rations, hard biscuits, and the endless work of ...

A commemorative bench has been unveiled by the Mayor of Barnet to remember the first British soldier to die in the First World War, after ...

FOR television explorer and Army veteran Levison Wood it was his most emotional expedition ever. The former Para officer ...

Nuremberg is the latest period film in Russell Crowe's filmography, but before this he starred in a WWI drama.

DC Thomson gave the lead story to its latest set of Commando comics, “ The Lions of Ypres ” a huge promotion at the weekend ...