The Poppies and the Great War: How these Flowers Became the Symbol of WWI
As Remembrance Sunday neared, poppies, the flowers that came to symbolize the fallen of the Great War, once again doted the lapels of many in…
REMEMBRANCE: Phil Hodges shares his emotions of witnessing events in London on Remembrance Sunday.
Early on Sunday morning as the sun rose high across the green British countryside myself and the family caught a train heading for London, tired and…
War collection stolen in Sutton
A collector living on Poplar Street in Sutton had his collection of war memorabilia stolen from his home sometime during the last half of June,…
The War Series
The most acclaimed English actor, TV presenter, amateur historian, comedian and political activist, Sir Anthony “Tony” Robinson is all set for his upcoming television series…
War Memorial Defiled
After playing in a rugby game, a teenager of Pensyflog in Porthmadog of North Wales was celebrating and proceeded to get drunk and defile the…
Remembering the Teenage Soldiers of the Great War
As much as 250,000 young boys with ages under 18 enlisted in the British Army and fought in the front lines of the Great War.…
WWII’s most daring escape
Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two’s Most Daring Great Escape is a new book written by author Mark Felton that tells the…
The rise of virulent aboriginal Canadian snipers in World War I
Today no country can think of declaring war without having its snipers. They are now an inevitable part of any war. Most of the top…
Mystery revolves around missing decorated WW2 submariner
Last fall, a hunter found of priceless treasures at the base of a tree in a forested area in Mena, Arkansas. The box contained military…
Monty’s D–Day party girl knew all the secrets of Normandy landings
When nerves were at their peak on a night preceding D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, a girl of only 20 years age was entrusted…
Dreams do not stop with Age
Age is just a number if you are determined. Ralph Mayville, a great grandfather from Windsor, Canada, is a living example of this. A veteran…