Hundreds of silent ‘ghost soldiers’ dressed in World War One uniforms appeared at train stations across the country on Friday morning as part of a moving Somme anniversary gathering. Crowds of WW1 ...

An artist has set out to create thousands of figurines in memory of soldiers killed during the first four hours of the Battle of the Somme. Rob Heard is hand-stitching shrouds onto 19,240 wooden ...

The event marks the anniversary of the battle in which many men from the 36th Ulster Division, the 16th Irish Division and other forces made the supreme sacrifice.

How can students understand what lead to the Battle of the Somme? Our KS3 History Bitesize revision guides and video clips will help students understand the context of WW1. Explore with us Inspired to ...

Hundreds of people gathered early this morning to pay their respects to the 20,000 British soldiers who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme - 109 years ago today. They arrived at the huge ...

Almost 2,000 soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division died on the first day of the Somme campaign. When it was withdrawn from the line, the division had won a reputation as courageous soldiers. The men ...

Mark Harrison's research on the two World Wars was funded by CORDIS (the Community Research and Development Information Service) of the European Union and the Volkswagen Foundation. The British ...