1916 The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodies encounters of WW1. Find out about the role played by Scottish soldiers. World War One: the war at sea During World War One, the sea became a ...

ANTHONY BATTERSBY: He ran away from home just after the outbreak of the war, because his mother ... On July 1st 1916, the first day of the battle of the Somme, 20,000 British soldiers died under ...

looking to turn up the remains of people who hid in caves like this one during the World War II Battle of Okinawa. This is the life’s work of the bone digger, Takamatsu Gushiken. He spends much ...

A Whitehorse student is among those chosen from across Canada to visit the Vimy Ridge memorial and learn more about the First ...

Technological advancements made the development of these engines possible -- and forever changed the way outside observers ...

He carefully places them in a ceramic rice bowl and takes a moment to imagine people dying 80 years ago as they hid in this cave during one of the fiercest battles of World War II. His hope is ...

A charity bingo night and raffle held at the Masonic Hall in Ramsey has raised more than £500 to support former and serving ...

both World Wars left deep scars in Africa. In Word War I alone, according to the CWGC, British forces employed around 50,000 African soldiers and more than one million African “carriers”, or ...

It was at the Battle of Pozieres in 1916 ... Almost a century to the day after the guns of World War One fell silent, then prime minister Scott Morrison announced half-a-billion-dollars would ...

As a young man, David Leadbetter wanted to be a touring pro in just about the worst way.