A First World War pilot's harrowing account of the bloody first day of the Battle of the Somme has emerged 109 years on with dozens of unseen photos. Lieutenant Edward Packe flew over the ...

July 1, 1916—the first day of the Battle of the Somme became the bloodiest day in British military history. Over 57,000 soldiers were lost in mere hours, in a battle that was both a disaster and a ...

The Battle of the Somme, of which 1st July was just the first, disastrous day, raged for another four months, and was vital not only in diverting German forces away from their assault on the ...

After three decades of service for Norfolk Constabulary, Superintendent Jim Smerdon retired to the village of Garvestone for ...

Warrior, famously called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," became a symbol of courage and loyalty during World War I.

On the 30th anniversary of Sebastian Faulks’s bestseller Birdsong a touring production comes to Alexandra Palace Theatre next month ...

John Norris looks at a mainstay of the British Army in WWI; the 18-Pounder field gun ...

A unique archive capturing the experiences of a young Edinburgh soldier and gifted writer who fought during the First World ...

People are being invited to walk 100 kilometres in the footsteps of soldiers to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund.

The sheer scale of the carnage was shocking. In the Allied offensive known as the Battle of the Somme in 1916, an estimated 620,000 British and French troops were killed or wounded. A shielded hull ...