At " the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"  in 1918 the guns grew silent on the Western Front. The Armis...

The Battle of Amiens , also known as the Third Battle of Picardy, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 Au...

The Centenary of The Battle of Cantigny, May 28th 1918  This was the first major American offensive of the American Expeditionar...

Ordinary Lives of the First World War This week I braved the inclement weather and headed to Salford to visit the IWM North. ...

The Battle of Passchendaele The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was a campaign of the First Wor...

I am a frequent visitor to the  History of the Great War  website and I am always fascinated in the timeline of events which are ...

I am a frequent visitor to the History of the Great War website and I am always fascinated in the timeline of events which are so ...

During the recent commemoration of the Battle of the Somme, I was reminded, by one of the television presenters, that over 350,000...

Some time ago I visited the Lancashire Infantry Museum in Preston,Lancashire and whilst looking for family history information I came a...

The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought in the North Sea between the  British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial G...

On the 21st February 1916 the Battle of Verdun began The Battle of Verdun, was fought from 21 February – 18 December 1916, it was one o...

As part of my ongoing tribute during this centenary of WW1, I am delighted to feature the work of some excellent authors who have wri...