Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...
The previously unmarked grave of an Edinburgh man of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons has now been identified and marked more than a ...
The metal detectorist who made the incredible discovery was able to trace the badge back to a man who lived in Grimsby ...
The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...
British munitions factories produced over 170 million artillery shells during WW1. As trenches were very good at defending soldiers from the direct attacks of enemy soldiers, other methods for ...
British Transport Police History Group recently worked with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to get Corporal Jay's Military Medal recognised on his headstone.
Injured British soldiers being carried by stretcher down a busy communication trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), WW1. As the Gallipoli Campaign was coming to a close, the British found that they ...
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was developed by a team of engineers including Henry Folland, John Kenworthy, and Major ...
The 10th Battalion of the 1st Australian Division was amongst the most feared fighting forces in the world leading up to World War 1. The Terrible Tenth, as they were known in the British Army, had ...
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Great Explorers: Gunther Pluschow
Depending on your perspective, German aviator and Patagonia explorer Gunther Pluschow was either phenomenally lucky, or ...
The last time full conscription was introduced in the UK was during WW2, but even then certain exemptions applied.