Few battles better epitomize the horror and futility of war than the Battle of the Somme as Canadian soldier Frank Maheux ...

The Battle of the Somme was launched on 1 July 1916. The main aim of the battle was to relieve the important northern French fortress of Verdun. This had been placed under siege by the German Army ...

Almost 2,000 soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division died on the first day of the Somme campaign. When it was withdrawn from the line, the division had won a reputation as courageous soldiers.

Cartoons and sketches drawn by a hero Lancashire soldier during the Battle of the Somme have been found in a plastic bag at the bottom of a wardrobe. The amazing images from the First World War ...

D-Day vet was told: 'You're the assault wave, you won't be coming back' AS his landing craft made its way to Juno beach, Alan King found himself surrounded by flames . . . and the heads ...

'An Eala Bhàn' (The White Swan) was penned by the North Uist poet Dòmhnall Chorùna as he recovered from injuries sustained in ...

Commemorations are being held in the UK and France to mark the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Britain fell silent to mark the moment on 1 July 1916 when the battle began and ...

War graves lit up for a vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval memorial Source: AAP The French had Verdun, Australians have ...

The trench represents the 72,396 men killed in the Battle of the Somme, whose bodies were never recovered. It has been created at the Aerospace Bristol by Rob Heard, the artist behind the Shrouds ...