Two Unknown WWI Soldiers Buried After 100 Years
Both men were laid to rest by a burial party composed of members of The Mercian Regiment, the antecedent regiment of the Sherwood Foresters.
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Aircraft Tornado: The Fighter That Gave 40 Years To The RAF
The final RAF Tornados have left service, with its capabilities being transferred to the Typhoon.
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WWII Wartime Graffiti On Eroding D-Day Wall To Be Digitally Preserved
Troops etched their names on a wall in Southampton on their way to fight on the beaches of Normandy.
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WWII New Exhibition Highlights Bletchley Park's Vital Role During D-Day
Organisers hope to emphasise how Bletchley Park's decoding and other intelligence helped shape D-Day.
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Army History Battle Of Kohima 75th Anniversary: UK Leads Commemorations
Nearly 4,000 British and Indian soldiers lost their lives during the battle.
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Remembrance Korea: A 'Forgotten' War That Never Ended
How the struggle to prevent communist expansion became a struggle to prevent World War 3, and then the fall of the American republic.
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WWII Battle Of Britain Hurricane That 'Disappeared' Found Buried Underground
The pilot bailed out but the aircraft plummeted to the ground from 17,000 feet, vanishing underneath more than 30 feet of mud.
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Naval History Royal Navy Jolly Roger Flags To Go On Display
A Jolly Roger dating back to 1790 is among a series of flags going on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
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WWII Voice Of WWII Veterans Recorded For Online Archive
'Voices of Liberation' has been set up to commemorate more than 100,000 service personnel who died in 1944.
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Naval History Britain's 'Sistine Chapel': Preserving More Than 300 Years Of Naval History
Repairs to the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich have taken three years.
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Feature Virtual Reality: Visualising the daring Dambusters Raid
Have you ever wondered how it felt to be part of the iconic Dambusters squadron?
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Aviation History WWII Plane To Be Restored To Glory After Arriving In The UK In 2006
Do you know which plane was the first to see action in the Second World War?
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WWII Forgotten People, Forgotten War - Love Letters, Operation Ariel And 'The Phoney War'
Writer Peter Ledger's look at the comparatively under-studied early period of WW2, through the eyes of an anti-aircraft gunner and his wife.
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Women Shaping The Service: 70 Years Since The Women's Royal Army Corps Was Founded
Women have been part of the British Army for 100 years.
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WWII New D-Day Sculpture To Mark 75 Years Since 'Heroic Sacrifice'
The monument has been built in tribute to the 4,414 Allied servicemen who lost their lives in the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings.
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Arctic/Antarctic Ice Pick From Doomed Captain Scott Antarctica Expedition To Be Auctioned
Captain Scott and four others died as they made their way back from the South Pole.