But soldiers faced those fears and yet remained an effective fighting force. To achieve this, then as now, training was key. By 1917, the British Army ... soldiers today. WW1: Did the machine ...

The British force consisted of soldiers from Britain and Ireland, as well as troops from Newfoundland, South Africa and India. The British generals staged a massive artillery bombardment and sent ...

UK Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond signalled Thursday morning that members of the Territorial ... army units. “The reserves will be a part of almost every type of operation that our armed ...

Lt Alexander Pfeifer found the postcard on Pte Percy Walsh, from Blackburn, Lancashire, after the 22-year-old was killed as German forces recaptured a trench on 22 December 1914. The image on the ...

The grave of a soldier who died in World War One has been ... but recent research showed he was buried at the nearby Poelcapelle British Cemetery, with a headstone marked "Unknown Officer".

Thousands of British troops are getting ready to take part in war games in Romania. Soldiers are set to begin ... deployment of the new Allied Reaction Force to counter Russian threats.

In December 2021, a Glock 19 Pistol was stolen. Minister for the Armed Forces Luke Pollard said all losses and thefts would be 'fully and rigorously investigated' and that the security of ...