The soldiers in the 16th Royal Scots were affectionately known as McCrae’s Battalion, named after the lieutenant colonel who founded them, Sir George McCrae. Brought together from Edinburgh and nearby ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...
The Battle of Verdun cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of French and German soldiers, and it inspired the first-person ...
If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...
War is fought to win, and sometimes that means using any weapon possible to defeat your enemy! World War 1 had some extremely ...
On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief ...
A Brighton man who has paid for the cost of old war medals from his own military pension is appealing that they be returned ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Model 1851 Navy was Colt’s most ...