This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history ...

On the 80th anniversary of VE-Day in Europe, a group of history students are seeing first hand where soldiers fought in the ...

On the Somme, they deployed a copy of the weapon devised ... IWM (Q 744) Most of the day’s deaths occurred in the first 15 minutes of the battle. “It was about this time that my feeling ...

My dad was born in 1916, the year of the Battle of the Somme, at the height of what HG Wells called “the war that will end ...

The diary of a 17-year-old soldier from Co Armagh who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme highlights the horrors of the bloodiest battle of the First World War. Taking place between ...

A former Inverclyde parks boss has spoken of the pride he took in caring for the graves of the 270 brave souls laid to rest in Greenock Cemetery after losing their lives in both world wars.

At a vigil in France, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, saying “we lost the flower of a generation”. Commemorations are being held in the UK and France to mark the ...

Although British soldiers in the Second World War sang about the Führer only having “one ball”, that did not necessarily make ...

What does 'Last 10' mean? The 'Last 10' information shows this dog's finishing position in its last 10 races. With the most recent on the right. An 'x' signifies a spell and 0 means the dog finished ...

Tyres: We chose the Michelin Power 6 for the Hayabusa, and the Road 6 for the SV. The Power 6 is the sportier option, which ...

The nation will remember those who fell in battle as this year's VE Day marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2.