Private James Bowen, of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, picked the flower in the summer of 1915 in Northern France. He put it in an envelope with an embroidered floral postcard.

The death-trap helmet that got WWI Tommies shot for looking like Germans: Rare leather tank crewman's headgear that British soldiers refused to wear due to 'friendly fire' sniper attacks is ...

They would fight in coordination with British infantry, the XX and XXI Army Corps, drawn mostly from England, Wales, and Ireland. Altogether the EEG now numbered around 200,000, including 100,000 ...

Faction: The British Army The First World War At the start of the 20th century the British Army was a small body of volunteer regulars. The Boer War had provoked British war minister Richard ...

WWI tunnels where British soldiers trained before going to the front re-discovered Toby Meyjes Published April 24, 2017 10:55pm Updated December 12, 2019 11:05am Comments ...

Another British weapon system used by the soldiers of the 27th and 30th Infantry Regiments under British command was the Lewis Light Machine Gun, designed by a U.S. Ordnance Officer, Isaac Newton ...