Yours Sincerely Edgar H Collcutt Capt.RE It astonishes me that with about 900,000 British servicemen killed in the war a commanding officer could find time to write such a personal letter.

They inflicted major casualties and on 22 August Lieutenant George Thompson became the first British officer killed in action ... up between Britain and France. WW1: How did an artist help Britain ...

A postcard discovered in the diary of a German World War One officer has led his descendant to bring a message sent to the trenches more than a century ago back to the family of a fallen British ...

where some sections of the British defensive line were just 40 or 50 yards away from the German trenches. Snipers were a constant threat – and officers, with their easy-to-spot cap and insignia ...

He worked with Brasserie de Silly to create a coppery, red British beer to satisfy the thirst of his fellow soldiers. After the war, Sgt Payne married his Belgian sweetheart Emilie Timmermans ...