The Murton brothers who died on the same day at Loos in World War I
On October 13, 1915 brothers Ernest and Bertie Murton died fighting with the Norfolk Regiment in the Battle of Loos. Ernest, the elder of the…
World War I vehicles that shaped transportation forever
World War I was not only a battle for defining country borders or balancing power in Europe. Its impact was far ranging including technology developments…
Christmas cake for WWI Australian troops
On the centenary of World War I, Australia remembers its 50,000 Australian troops who spent their first Christmas away from home fighting for the Allies.…
Online game based on World War I’s Battle of Verdun features Christmas Day Truce
Verdun is an online video game where multiple players can take part in the fighting of World War I. The idea for the game was…
US Public Relations Firm Hired by Nazi Germany to Spread Favorable Propaganda
In 1933, the US based public relations firm of Carl Byoir and associates were contracted by the German Railroads Information Bureau, which was a state sponsored…
UK and German artist commemorate World War I Christmas Day Truce
The Christmas Day Truce of World War I is being commemorated by artists from the UK and Germany in a joint street graffiti mural as…
Battle of Waterloo 200th anniversary to be commemorated with re-enactment and educational programme
At its 100th anniversary, the Battle of Waterloo was given little consideration given that it landed in the middle of World War I in June…
‘A very impressive memorial’
French village provides backdrop for Missouri WWI memorial More than 4,500 miles from Mid-Missouri near the village of Cheppy, France, sits a memorial dedicated to…
History beneath the stone
Piecing together the legacy of Civil War veteran’s military service By Jeremy P. Amick West of Russellville, Mo., comfortably flanked by a handful of homes…
Ivybridge Man Makes Great Walk to Reflect on the Great War
Outfitted with hobnail boots, a canvas pack and WWI uniform, thirty-three year old Stephen Fletcher sets out on a walk he will always remember, and…
WW1 ATLAS – Review by Mark Barnes
This large-scale book has the essence of the look of one produced under the banner of The Times newspaper, but don’t be fooled into thinking…
“Iron Harvest” continues to clear deadly World War I remnants beneath the fields of Flanders
It has been a century since the First World War. The brutal clashes and exchanges of gun fires of the Great War are but a…