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A postcard discovered in the diary of a German World War One officer has ... than a century ago back to the family of a fallen British soldier. Lt Alexander Pfeifer found the postcard on Pte ...
The Queen's College currently has 121 names on its World War One memorial but that omits those who did not fight for British forces. A proposal to add five new names - including three German soldiers ...
Second Lt Barr was one of three 'unknown' British soldiers of WW1 to finally be named at a ... 1917 during a German counterattack on a position near Hooge which had been taken in a British attack ...
This new one-hour BBC Four documentary reveals the extraordinary stories behind the photographs taken by British and German soldiers during World War One. Tens of thousands of British and German ...
Dan Snow describes the food rations supplied for British soldiers during WW1 and compares these with what German soldiers had. The value of different foods is touched on and we learn that ...
German soldiers took refuge in a former limestone quarry, which they called the Dragon’s Cavern. Michael St. Maur Sheil Ten thousand men were killed within seconds when the British exploded 19 ...
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Barr was one of three previously unknown soldiers whose ... 1917 during a German counterattack on a position near Hooge which had been taken in a British attack two days ...
In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared at stations and in city centres all over the country. In towns and cities ...
The Queen's College currently has 121 names on its World War One memorial but that omits those who did not fight for British forces ... names - including three German soldiers - follows a similar ...