The Latest Breaking News from First World War

Every autumn, the UK participates in an astonishing commemorative practice: the annual charity drive of the Poppy Appeal. From its origins during the first world war to the purple poppy commemorating animals in wartime, the artificial poppy has become a fragile but enduring symbol of remembrance.

Captain Solomon Clifford Joseph scored at least 13 victories in the final months of the conflict.

Novel described as ‘truly stunning feat of fiction’ tells love story of two first world war soldiers

The remains of Private Robert Kenneth Malcolm were identified by DNA after it was found 102 years after he died in 1917

Anne officially reopened a First World War ship in Belfast that has been newly restored after a three year closure due to the pande

Ingatestone, Essex: First world war ‘deserters’ are mostly not commemorated with their name in stone. This remote churchyard contains an exception

The bomb fell on Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary during an air raid that was co-ordinated and executed by First World War German naval forces. 13 people died during the attack on April 2 1916.

Volunteers have been working on the historic Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter aircraft for over two decades and have finally sent the plane off for testing at an RAF base in West Lothian.

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

Gut-churning battlefield realism and the unfamiliar German perspective take this powerful first world war film outside the usual war movie territory

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