Lieutenant Edward Packe flew over the Western Front battlefield in a two-seater BE2c biplane at 7.30am on July 1, 1916. He was shot in the buttocks by a German fighter at 2,000ft.

July 1, 1916—the first day of the Battle of the Somme became the bloodiest day in British military history. Over 57,000 soldiers were lost in mere hours, in a battle that was both a disaster and a ...

In addition, Dominic Bilkey’s sound is first-rate, the various noises of war, as well as birdsong, being exceedingly ...

Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...

After three decades of service for Norfolk Constabulary, Superintendent Jim Smerdon retired to the village of Garvestone for ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

A journal recently acquired at auction by the Friends of the Falklands Museum and Archives (FIMA Friends) gives a remarkable personal account of the 1914 Battle ... last I tried first aid to ...

Pagination x, 550 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

What are the best battle royale games ... to concentrate on their own success in hopes that everyone else fails first. In a selection of childhood games such as The Floor is Lava and Red Light ...

In 1943 the Battle of Stalingrad ended, marking the end to one of the most important battles ... Over 150,000 visited Grand Central Terminal that first day. The station, with its huge clock and ...

The King and Queen looked to be in high spirits as the enjoyed a morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham - ...