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 ...

Today marks 100 years since the first day of the Battle of the Somme ... to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared at stations and in city centres ...

Togo in Africa saw the first battle between Allied and German forces in World War One. They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station. WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster?

This year will mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in military history. In 1916, Allied forces made a "big push" to break German lines, but were met with ...

Ireland and the Somme How a battle united an island divided WW1: Irish nationalist soldiers commemorated in France Great War: Ulster soldiers commemorated in Belgium Mr Finucane said that his ...

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 ...

The British-commanded Fourth Army was involved in the battle, heralding the start of the Hundred Days offensive. General Sir Henry Rawlinson had learnt the lessons of the bloody Somme offensive ...

It would have seemed quite clear to any interested observer that the Somme story had lost its immediacy. In 1966, on the 50th anniversary of the battle, Queen Elizabeth paid a visit to Ulster and ...

The cross originated from the church of Doingt-Flamicourt, which was destroyed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It was salvaged by a British Army chaplain and brought back to All Saints ...

D-Day vet was told: 'You're the assault wave, you won't be coming back' AS his landing craft made its way to Juno beach, Alan King found himself surrounded by flames . . . and the heads ...