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In August 1914 the British Expeditionary Force embarked for France and was considered the most professional army ever to…

Huddersfield Town full-back Larrett Roebuck was the first professional footballer from the English Leagues to be killed …

Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the BEF until December 1915 was one of the many Anglo-Irish who served in the…

Although the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 had given grounds for optimism, in the weeks following this battle, …

In the years leading up to the First World War, one of the most famous sportsmen of the Edwardian era was Anthony (Tony)…

During the late part of the First World War the Army Medal Office began a system of making out an index card for each in…

The 'battle' of Aubers Ridge - it appears ridiculous to call it so - fits perfectly the stereo-typical vision of the Bri…

As identified by Andrew Simpson in his PhD thesis,[1] there is remarkably little written about British Corps command in …

The image of the headstone below - which is in Dover (St James's) Cemetery - is perhaps not terribly unusual. It names a…

Losses of life in the First World War are more often than not attributed to engagements in battle or enemy action of som…

As the ‘Camel’ pilot approached dark shape in the gloom of the late May evening, he recognised it as a Gotha bomber – on…

Britain's entry into the Great War is far more complex than the reason for the country embarking on the Second World War…