A memorial for a "remarkable" World War One soldier who received the Victoria Cross has been given Grade II listed status.
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 ...
STUDENTS from The Skipton Academy have recently returned from Belgium and France where they visited several battlefields and memorials of the First World War.
The response from followers – including apologies and even shame at not knowing this history – has led me to write The ...
ASA Scotland Charity Chairman Cllr Harry Cartmill and Secretary Tommy Davidson held a service of remembrance at Bathgate War Memorial on Friday, November 8. Also taking part were St Kentigern's ...
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 ...
Eerie in a way, like a message from the grave.” It turns out his great uncle was not killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. In fact, he enlisted in August of 1915 and died on the muddy ...
This KS2/3 Remembrance assembly recounts the story of Willie McBride, a young soldier who volunteered in 1914 and lost his life at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
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A memorial dedicated to a soldier who was fatally shot as he delivered a message during the First World War has been given ...