One was killed outright ... St John was posted to the Somme in 1916 where he was responsible for leading men more than twice his age into the biggest offensive of the war: an offensive which ...

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most significant campaigns of World War One, as the Allied forces attempted to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive ...

A World War One medal has been returned after being in ... He was killed in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme, leaving behind a wife and daughter. Now the medal has been returned to Mr Dove's ...

This film brings together stories of unparalleled bravery as descendants of World War One pipers visit the Somme and Gallipoli, the battlefields where their ancestors, unarmed, piped their ...

Private George Galloway was serving with 14th Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment, when he was sent to the Somme, during World War One. George, a soldier in the Barnsley Pals, went ...

Drawing on real stories of World War One soldiers it uses the visual techniques ... The second episode, set against the backdrop of the Battle of the Somme, follows the extraordinary real journey ...