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WW1 Dead and Shell Shock Figures Were Highly Underestimated

Ian Harvey
Shell Shock

According to an academic’s research, the number of casualties after the First World War went up to ten million, half a million more than what…

The Lions Were Not Led By Donkeys

Ian Harvey
Led By Donkeys

Education Secretary Michael Gove does not believe that those academics who follow shows such as Blackadder Goes Forth and build up myths about World War…

London Mayor says Labour Party’s education spokesman is unfit for office and should resign

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London mayor Boris Johnson  says Labour party’s education spokesman Tristram Hunt is unfit for office for clearing Germany of blame for the start of the…

A Soldier’s Relative Requested For The Forgotten Roll Of Honor To be Returned To Church

Ian Harvey
Roll Of Honor

Sergeant Ernest Coleman, 18, from Epsom made it alive from the battle of the Somme but is believed to have died in April 1917. His…

Australians Expected To Follow The Trail From Belgium To Montebrehain In France To Mark The WWI Centenary

Ian Harvey
WWI centenary

Australia did not enter the First World War in Europe until 1916, however, thousands of Australians are expected this year to commemorate the outbreak of…

WWII Navy Veteran who enlisted when only 16 years old tells his amazing story!

Ian Harvey

Judy Bebee, a friend of Gene and his family, wanted to write his story and make it into a scrapbook for his two grandsons but…

Germany Seems To Ignore WWI Centenary

Ian Harvey
Germany

Although Britain has already invested over £50million in public money, for the commemoration of the start of World War I, academics couldn’t hold back from…

World War I Dog Tag Returned To Digger’s Family

Ian Harvey

Valentin Henon discovered the dog tag in 2012, after using his metal detector in a field nearby where he lives, in northern France. He asked…

Family Stories Attached At Shepway War Memorial To Mark WWI Centenary

Ian Harvey

They spent hundreds of pounds and a huge amount of time, trying to put together the stories of over 1,500 people whose names appear on…

Divers Explore The Scapa Flow Treasures

Ian Harvey

Wartime artifacts lie on the seabed where the German High Seas fleet was abandoned, as part of the terms stated in the armistice signed at…

Letters Of 230,000 WWI Soldiers To Be Revealed In New Online Archive

Ian Harvey

Hand-written wills and letters of 230,000 soldiers who fought for Britain and died in the First World War have been forgotten in Government archives for…

As WWI Centennial Plans Begin, So Do The Conflicts

Ian Harvey

It didn’t end all wars as it was supposed to do and it’s still creating conflicts a hundred years later. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission…