In 1919, King George V of England proclaimed that Armistice Day be marked with two minutes of silence at 11 am, the hour the ...
Stephanie Yuill spent five weeks visiting First World War sites across Europe on a bike she bought from the grocery store.
The Belgian corps fought on the Eastern Front, until the Bolsheviks took power in the country. However, they did not want to ...
He had rightly begun to question whether the tins of bully beef I was talking about would have been suitable for him. I ...
When pilots took to the air for combat during the WW1, it had been less than 15 years since the Wright brothers' famous first flight in 1903.
Major Robb was shot down when we made the bayonet charge and he was lying 40 yards in front of the Germans, who were waiting for anyone ...
One of Europe's newest pilgrim trails is a moving memorial to the fallen across quiet corners of France and Belgium ...
“I went at it again in the past few months to determine the facts based on the story I was told that my great uncle on my dad ...
A war hero whose act of bravery saved his battalion during World War One has had a remembrance cross planted in his honour.
In order to compete in the tournament, Premier League U12 teams are set three 'missions,’ on a different theme relating to the War each year. The theme for 2024 is 'Pals Battalion,’ celebrating a ...
STUDENTS from The Skipton Academy have recently returned from Belgium and France where they visited several battlefields and memorials of the First World War.