Church bells rang in villages across a patch of northern France on Saturday, marking the moment 90 years ago that launched one of history’s bloodiest episodes, the Battle of the Somme. Subscribe to ...

The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest of World War One. The devastating conflict, which raged for five months in northern France, began on 1 July 1916, a hundred years ago. More than a ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Overnight in London, an honor guard stood vigil at the grave of the Unknown Warrior. On Friday morning, across ...

THIEPVAL, FRANCE - Officers wept, families traced the steps of fallen relatives, and church bells tolled across northern France on Saturday to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, one ...

The 110th anniversary will be marked with a service from 6.30pm at the war memorial at Russell Square, in Madeley.

Britain comes to a standstill tomorrow as the nation stops to remember the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's ...

The man in charge of the Ulster Division's sector is Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Morland. Major General Edward Perceval - who commands the 12,000 strong reserve division - goes to see Morland.

Philpott, a military historian at King’s College, London, comprehensively challenges the enduring image of the Battle of the Somme (July–November 1916) as an indecisive, futile encounter in a ...

The first day of the Battle of the Somme was the worst day in the history of the British Army. At 7:30am on July 1, 1916, thousands of British soldiers began an attack against a German trench line ...

The Battle of the Somme was supposed to be the joint British-French offensive that would win the First World War. A string of battles spread over five months, it involved everything from cavalry ...