Traditionally, in many countries like the UK and Canada, the red poppy is worn on the left lapel (part of the front of a jacket or coat) or left side of your chest. This is to honour and remember the ...

Aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images – to achieve them, he employed ...

The Prideaux loader was one of several early such devices patented and manufactured as early as 1893, but neither it nor any competitor saw much demand until the outbreak of World War One. At that ...

More than 45,000 Canadian soldiers were trained at the former Sarcee Camp for battle during the First World War. Now Parks ...

Zachary Kahmann is a military collector and quickly realized there was something very special about George Labare’s uniform.

A misunderstanding about the microbe that actually causes the flu created a ripple effect that changed the future of U.S. drug development, clinical trials, and pandemic preparedness. A woman wears an ...

The vehicles we know today as tanks emerged on a grand scale at the beginning of the 20th century, right before the First World War. In 1900, Britain commissioned steam-engine manufacturer John Fowler ...

World War I saw the biggest loss of fathers in modern British history and those that did return carried the mental and physical scars. But what of the children haunted by the heroism of dads they ...

The wreck will be investigated as part of an effort to tackle some 8,500 sunken ships A SUNKEN British warship is a “ticking timebomb” that will unleash “catastrophic damage” unless action is taken, ...

A minister has hit back at Donald Trump’s idea of renaming VE Day and downplaying Europe’s involvement in the war. VE Day, celebrated on May 8, stands for Victory in Europe and marks the date when ...

A timber cross made for a young WWI Australian soldier who died in France has been found by chance in a Beaumaris garage more than 80 years on. The cross was created for Private Harry Conway, of the ...