First World War memorial to brave soldier given Grade II listing
A First World War memorial dedicated to a soldier who was fatally shot as he delivered a message during the Battle of Somme ...
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Review: Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks at Chichester Festival Theatre - a powerful insight into the Battle of the Somme
As we approach Remembrance Day on November 11, Sebastian Faulks’s epic tale of love and loss set during the first world war ...
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New technology solves mystery of late First World War soldier's flower sent home to Canada
The next day, Wrong was dead. He was last seen going over the top of a trench with a wounded arm and killed on the first day ...
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Lancs war memorial given Grade II listing to remember soldier who died to save comrades
A First World War memorial in a Lancashire churchyard has been given a Grade II listing. The memorial commemorates the ...
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Churchyard memorial to Withnell hero of the Somme is listed
A memorial dedicated to a soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for giving his life in the First World War has been listed as Grade II ...
Scenes of Trench Warfare in the Age of Drones
At a critical battlefield in eastern Ukraine, advanced technology is shaping battles that resemble the wars of older eras. When drones are watching, assaults become violent sprints.
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Memory Lane: The wartime connection to these Gatchell street names
Did you know that 11 streets in the West End neighbourhood are named for young soldier who died in the First World War? Learn ...
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Battle of the Somme 1916
This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive ... to break the deadlock of trench warfare. But behind the myths lies the story of an elaborately-planned battle, fought against a ...
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‘They knew they were all going through the same hell’: The graffiti of the First World War
Daniel McAlpine, a private in the Highland Light Infantry, was sheltering in a tunnel under the Somme village of Bouzincourt, France, when he pencilled his name, service number, unit, home town of ...
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‘Machine guns and men in trenches’: On the eve of battle, Albert Jacka made an awful discovery
German trenches and wire defences on the Western ... as he will record in his intelligence brief for this battle that should not be: “Wire before the front line is very massive and of an average ...
The Lincoln hotel room where the tank was born
It changed the course of the First World War.