Live Ordnance is Discovered Left Over from WWI
A slew of live ordnance that has been left over from the First World War is currently being discovered in France. These deadly explosives, which…
WWI Poster with Famous Lord Kitchener Quote Sold for a Whooping £30,000
A famous Lord Kitchener “I Want You” recruitment poster – one of the only three remaining – was recently auctioned off at a whooping £30,000. The…
Remember the First World War
Look back and remember the First World War, the war to end all wars. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the conflict which involved more…
HMS President Repainted to Honor WWI
The HMS President, a ship used by the Allies during WWI, has been given a cosmetic overhaul. Now that almost one hundred years have passed…
Black WWI Hero Henry Johnson, A Step Closer to Being Awarded the Medal of Honor
Almost a hundred years from the time he single-handedly battled German enemies to save a fellow serviceman all the while sustaining serious wounds, the black WWI soldier…
Royal Mint Remembers WWI Nurse Edith Cavell Through £5 Coin
The Royal Mint honors Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed by the Germans during the Great War for helping Allied soldiers escape to the Netherlands, through…
Dundee: WWI Time Capsule Sealed in 1921 to be Opened
A Great War time capsule put together by Dundee postal workers is set to be opened early in August this year. The said time capsule…
WORLD WAR I IN CARTOONS – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
I’ve always been a big lover of cartoons and, indeed, there was a time when I nearly got myself a career drawing for a newspaper,…
BBC Viewers Upset Over WWI Rap
The BBC has put out a WWI rap which has many viewers upset. Some feel that they have made light of one of the bloodiest…
One in Five Britons Believes UK Fought Hitler During WWI
18% of Britons believe the country fought Hitler and Nazi Germany during the Great War which is WWI. If that is translated into numbers, one…
EU Leaders Commemorate WWI Centennial in Ypres
EU leaders – from Germany, Britain, France and other European countries – marked the centenary of the Great War in the Belgian city of Ypres where once,…
UNKNOWN WARRIOR – JHP: Review by John Henry Phillips
The concept of aeroplanes being used in a war as early as World War One has always fascinated me. Although, this interest did not quite…