The soldiers in the 16th Royal Scots were affectionately known as McCrae’s Battalion, named after the lieutenant colonel who founded them, Sir George McCrae. Brought together from Edinburgh and nearby ...

In the dead of night on July 6, 1943, U.S. and Japanese warships collided in the narrow waters of the Solomon Islands. American cruisers and destroyers raced to intercept a reinforcement convoy bound ...

Just weeks after sinking three British cruisers in a single morning, sm U-9 returned to the North Sea. This time, its target ...

On 18 August 2011, what was to be Wootton Bassett’s final repatriation came through the High Street. As had become traditional – remarkable given that repatriations only came to Bassett in 2007 – ...

Stonyhurst College near Clitheroe has a proud tradition of pupils who have gone on to win the Victoria Cross - Britain's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. The college has seven ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...

The humble potato shows up in plenty of vintage recipes. Invented in places from Ireland to New York, these dishes still ...

CHECK your change, dig down the back of the sofa and smash open the piggy bank – you could be sitting on a goldmine. We all ...

As we look back at our international reporters' most memorable stories of the last year we revisit a story about a Ukrainian ...

THE SOUND,’ a behind-the-scenes look at ‘War Is Over! Inspired By The Music Of John & Yoko,’ premiered earlier this week.

In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...