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

Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life in Carlisle Castle is set to host a talk about demobilised soldiers who returned home after ...

WWI Factions The British Army. Posted: November 12, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025. Faction: The British Army The First World War At the start of the 20th century the British Army was a small ...

WW1: Why was the first ... 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.

Twenty British soldiers are being laid to rest with full military honors in this sleepy northern French village, nearly a century after the First World War battle that claimed their lives.

The remains of a British soldier killed fighting in WW1 have been laid to rest – 108 years after his death. Private John Tame was 26 when he died at the Battle of Langemarck in August 1917.

The video, called “Getting Dressed in World War I,” follows a British Army soldier of the Artists Rifles regiment as he dresses for a typical day of military duty. The soldier’s long johns ...

Last British Army WWI veteran dead at 111. Story Highlights; Harry Patch, dead at 111, ... Born in 1898, Patch became a plumber before being conscripted to the army in 1916.

At 111 years-old, Harry Patch was the sole surviving British Army veteran of World War I before he passed away on Saturday. Patch was one of two survivors before the 113-year-old Henry Allingham ...

WASHINGTON -- One hundred years after the U.S. entry into World War I, many of the logistics and strategies developed during that era still have an impact on Army operations today -- including the ...