By 1917, the British Army could do this within a few months ... then known as the Great War still resonate with serving soldiers today. WW1: Did the machine-gun save lives? documentWW1: Did ...

But there were tears in the eyes of many of the North Staffordshire Regiment soldiers as they were forced ... 1st/5th as the one battalion in the British Army and I was proud to belong to it.” ...

Dan Snow describes the food rations supplied for British soldiers during WW1 and compares these with ... Napoleon is claimed to have said “an army marches on its stomach”.

Today marks 100 years since the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest day of the First World War – and in British military history ... young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared ...

The early morning sun is already arching its way into the sky as you step across the field in northern France which has been ...

To answer these questions, Dr Mayhew studied the diaries and letters of English soldiers – primarily infantrymen serving in front line units – looking particularly at their writings during three ...

As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army promised them personal liberty. The British actively ... of black soldiers, despite the fact ...

Travel in the Highlands was severely restricted during WW1 and anyone wishing to do so ... In 1916 the North of Scotland was declared a Special Military Area (SPA) under the Defence of the Realm ...

making up more than a fifth of the British Indian Army," she said. "This statue will serve as a reminder to those Sikh soldiers who sacrificed their lives in defence of democracy and in the fight ...