All news on the topic: World War I

Nothing sums up the bravery of the West Indian soldiers more than what is found at a small cemetery in Belgium in Poperinge, near Ypres - the grave of two soldiers

The family of Private William Hoare is hoping to track down any of surviving relatives of Sister Gertrude Bulman to give them a copy of a letter she wrote during WWI

With only 217 armoured tanks, the UK sits in 57th place for vehicle numbers - ranking worryingly behind peace-loving Switzerland who haven't fought in a war in 200 years

A glorious mansion and sprawling 17th century estate has just gone on the market for £6million. It was used a location for family films yet also once the home of a brutal judge - and it could be yours

The half naked man was wearing just a pair of short and a baseball cap when he clambered up Birmingham's Hall of Memory - a monument in commemoration of people who died in WWI

The Grade II-listed cinema first welcomed patrons on the eve of the Great War in 1914, when Charlie Chaplin was just beginning his career as a tramp

You thought you were shot of Boris Johnson, writes Fleet Street Fox. Turns out he has a public job for life

Charles Wotten died in Liverpool in 1919 and was buried in a pauper’s grave, but now his new headstone has been officially unveiled at Anfield Cemetery

Five years after the First World War ended, in May 1923 the Daily Mirror reported on the inauguration of a memorial in the small village. And 100 years on locals, including kids, paid a fresh tribute

Ten cemeteries across the country are part of 'War Graves Week' which starts on Saturday. The project has been organised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Sidney Lewis was 12 when he signed up, and fought in the horrific Battle of the Somme at 13 in 1916., but officers in the East Surrey Regiment discovered his age and he was sent home

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left gobsmacked when expert Mark Smith unveiled the true value of a special medal which he believed was worthless

Prince William laid a wreath during the ceremony at Hyde Park, where members of the Armed Forces and public also gathered to mark the anniversary of the ill-fated Gallipoli landings

Former ex-pat Christine Rehm had the vases as mantlepiece ornaments after picking them up at a car boot sale while living in Spain - now she's been told they're worth a lot more than she realised

Amelia Young couldn’t afford to pay for the epitaph on her husband Joseph's gravestone - now her descendants have arranged it more than 100 years later

The church says it has a 'little sign' to warn visitors against leaving 'prohibited items' like teddy bears and artificial flowers on graves to preserve its 'image'

Metal detectorist found First World War badge and then used online communities to locate the soldier’s surviving relatives so he could return it to them

Nicolas Milton, the author of a new book, has examined the key role birds played in the Great War, and believes the film was not completely accurate as it was missing birdsong

EXCLUSIVE: The Chelsea Graves Society has spent the past two years painstakingly tracking down everyone who played for Chelsea since their formation in 1905 and club legend Terry has stepped in to help

The Royal Navy viewed female staff as typists and car drivers but head of the Women’s Royal Naval Service Vera Laughton Matthews had been recruiting the cream of the crop

The Shadow Defence Secretary makes the plea in an exclusive Mirror interview before he addresses the Royal United Services Institute think tank on Tuesday evening

Amid mounting pressure on the West to supply Kyiv with fighter jets, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that even if the UK agreed to send British warplanes 'tomorrow' it would take 'months' to train Ukrainian pilots to fly them

Russian commanders are reportedly sending inexperienced recruits across no man's land armed only with rifles and grenades towards Ukrainian trenches, with those injured left to freeze

Fiona Bruce hosted another instalment of Antiques Roadshow, which saw the BBC team of experts travel to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in France

Leading Seaman William Pierce was hit in an assault on enemy lines in the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, but stayed behind in order to cover the retreat of other soliders from the field