Poignant sound of whistles heard as tributes paid to the 20,000 British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the ...

Somme, one of World War One's bloodiest, was fought in northern France and lasted five months, with the British suffering almost 60,000 casualties on the first day alone.

INTERACTIVE: Over the top! Scrub back and forth below to see the battle unfold hour-by-hour. Battle of the Somme 1916. A German soldier about to hurl a hand grenade from a trench (Getty Images).

An event has taken place to remember the sacrifices made by the Bradford Pals and the wider West Yorkshire Regiment during ...

Christopher Bibb, formerly Captain in the Coldstream Guards and a Vice President of the Shropshire Branch of the Coldstream ...

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.

Manny survived the Battle of Amiens and marched out at the beginning of the Hundred Days Offensive, which culminated in the end of WWI. While carrying out his duties as a tump liner on Aug. 19 ...

For many, the Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolised the true horrors of warfare and demonstrated the futility of trench warfare. For years after those who led the campaign received ...

British military justice backfired in the case of Irish ‘Tommies’ By Brian Flanagan School history teaches that World War I’s ...