A memorial for a "remarkable" World War One soldier who received the Victoria Cross has been given Grade II listed status.

The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916 ...

The "heroic courage and self-sacrifice" of Private James Miller during the Battle of Somme saved the lives of his comrades.

For Birstall the blackest day was July 1, 1916 - five soldiers lost their lives on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

At a vigil in France, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, saying “we lost the flower of a generation”. Commemorations are being held in the UK and France to mark the ...

“I went at it again in the past few months to determine the facts based on the story I was told that my great uncle on my dad ...

Tank usage in WWI outlined simple but useful lessons ... The British Army deployed its first tank, the Mark I to mixed effect in the Battle of Somme in 1916. Though initially terrifying to German ...

STUDENTS from The Skipton Academy have recently returned from Belgium and France where they visited several battlefields and memorials of the ...

A 25m cordon was put in place around the church, and an Explosive Ordinance Disposal team later destroyed the device in a ...

BRAVE soldiers from Worcestershire who fought and died will be remembered in a commemoration service to mark the 110th anniversary of a First World War battle. The service will take place at ...