The Battle of the Somme was one of the most devastating battles in history, with over one million casualties in just five ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Having plotted where we thought they were in the trench, we found several items including horse shoes, shells( some of which were still live) and this barbed wire stanchion. Any picture of a WW1 ...

We got up, still completely dumb from fear of death, and helped them to bring our wounded into our trenches ... Life as an officer during WW1. videoLife as an officer during WW1 Charles talks ...